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Copyright tntiy 

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Printed for the Publishei bv 
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In the beginning we intended to write a genealogical sketch of William Bowne of the Revolu- 
tionary War and his descendants only, giving his line of descent hack to the emigrant ancestor. 
After much of the Bowne matter was already in print, finding that we had collected considerable 
data of general interest to the Bowne family, we decided to include it. This somewhat breaks the 
arrangement of the genealogical records, but the data of the Bo.wne family thus collected and pre- 
served is considered of greater importance than literary style. The records of William Bowne, son 
of .James and Elizabeth » >. | Hartshorn ) Bowne, and his descendants are fairly complete. The other 
lines are not. The Bowne family is large and hard to trace, so many have the same name. 

Whenever one mentions the name of Bowne to a genealogist, lie sends up a groan that sounds 
like the wail of Hagar in the wilderness! We are particularly indebted to Mr. B. E. Bowne, of 
Sergeantsville, X. .1., to Miss Mary Bowne. of Phila., Pa., to Mr. .1. Addison Bowne. of New York 
City, for valuable assistance in furnishing family records, and to Mr. James <;. Lee. of Trenton. X. 
.1.. for kind favors. 

To Mr. H. E. Deals Editor of The Jerseyman, Remington, X. .1.. belongs all the credit for the 
publication of these records. 

M. K. Reading. 
Aden. Prince William Co., Va., Feb. 13 Bid:;. 




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pHE first settlement at Salem, Mass., was be- 
gun in 1628. The Colonists obtained a 
patent from the Council of Plymouth in 
March 1628 ;and Charles 1 issued a charter 
of incorporation to the proprietors under the name 
of "The Governor and Company of Massachussetts 
Bay in" New England " in 1629. " In 1630 about 
three hundred of the best Puritan families in the 
kingdom came to New England. Not adventurers, 
not vagabonds, were these brave people, but virtu- 
ous, well educated, courageous men and women 
who for conscience sake left comfortable homes with 
no expectation of returning. " "Of these persons, 
all were respectable, and many were from illustri- 
ous and noble families." f Among these camp 
William Bowne and Ann his wife. They emi- 
grated from Yorkshire, England, where a majority 
of the inhabitants were descendants of the Rom- 
ans and ancient Britons, and settled at Salem, 
Essex county. Massachusetts in 1631. William 
and Ann Bowne left England on account of the 
cruel religious persecutions so prevalent in that 
country at the time. He was granted forty acres 
of laud at Jeffries Creek in 1636. j He remained 
at Salem for some years, and then removed to 
Gravesend, L. I. This was probably in KM,"), as 
Gravesend was settled by English emigrants from 
Massachusetts about that year. Among these 
early settlers at Gravesend, we find William 
Bowne and his son John. William Bowne. was 
granted a "planter's lot" Nov. 12, 1646 ; U and 
John Bowne, his son, Sept. 20, 1647. In 1691, 
Capt. Andrew Bowne, son of William Bowne, 
sold a "fifteen acre lot. No. 11, in town of Grave- 
send- wch. did formerly belong to my father." 
William Bowne was one of the Magistrates of 
Gravesend, L. I., in 1657. William Bowne and 
his sons John, James and Andrew emigrated to 

♦History United States Ridpath. page 126. 
fHistory United States, Hale, page 30, 
^Salter's History of Monmouth Co. 
XX Ibid. 



Middletown, Monmouth county, N. J., in 1664. 
Brief mention of a few historical facts may be 
of considerable interest to the Bowne family at 
this time. They occurred nearly two hundred 
and fifty years ago. 

" In 1663 a company of Puritans, living on Long 
Island, obtained permission of Governor Stuy- 
vesant to settle on the hanks of the Raritan." * 

"• A party of about twenty English, all or near- 
ly all of whom had previously lived in the New 
England colonies, but most of whom were then 
settled on Long Island, set out in a sloop from 
Gravesend, I,. I., in December, 166:!, and sailed 
across the bay to what is now Monmouth County, 
for the purpose of purchasing lands of the Indian 
sachems, with a view to settlement."! 

The men composing this party were John 
Bowne, William Golding, Richard Gibbons, James 
Holbert, Charles Morgan, Samuel Spicer, John 
Totman, Thomas Whitlock, and others — twenty 
in all. They made two or three more journeys 
from their homes on Long Island to the southern 
shores of the bay, and finally purchased from the 
Indian chief, Poppomora and his people, the three 
" necks " of land known to the Indians as Newa- 
sink, Navarumsunk and Pootapeck. Having pur- 
chased the land of the Indians, "John Bowne, 
Richard Stout and three others, with their fami- 
lies, rive families in all, came and made their 
settlement in the spring or summer of 1664, nearly 
a year before the patent was issued." 

Charles the Second, King of England, made a 
royal grant and patent of land, dated March 12, 
1664, to his brother James, Duke of York, which 
included all of the present State of New Jersey. 
King Charles sent out a fleet, with a military 
force under command of Sir Robert Carr, and Col- 
onel Richard Nicolls. who had been commissioned 
Governor by the Duke of York.** 

♦History United States, Ridpath, page 203. 
fHistory Monmouth Co., N. J.— Ellis. 
♦♦Historical Coll. of New Jersey, page 14. 





The fleet arrived at New Amsterdam in August, 
1664, and that place and all the New Netherlands 
were surrendered by Governor Stuyvesant to the 
English on the 27th of the same month. 

Governor Nicolls, in the fall of 1664, issued a 
proclamation, for the purpose of promoting the 
formation of new settlements in the country un- 
der his jurisdiction. A part of which was as 

follows: 

"The Condition for new Planters in the Terri- 
tories of bis Royal Highness, the Duke of York. 
The purchases are to be made from the Indian 
Sachems, and to be recorded before the Governor. 
All lands thus purchased and possessed 
shall remain to the Purchasers and their heirs as 
free lands, to dispose of as they Please. In 

all Territories of his Royal Highness Liberty of 
Conscience is allowed, provided such Liberty is 
not connected to Licentiousness, or the Disturb- 
ance of others in the Exercise of the Protestant 
Religion. R. Nicolls."* 

This English company of Puritans, living on 
Long Island and in New England, having ob- 
tained permission of Governor Stuyvesent to settle 
on the banks of the Raritan River, commenced 
their negotiations with the Indian sachems De- 
cember .">, 1663; and concluded the first Indian 
purchase of land, which was made from Poppo- 
mora, chief of the Navesink Indians to John 
Bowne, James Hubbard, William Golding, Rich- 
ard Stout, Samuel Spicer, and John Tilton, Jr., 
all of Gravesend, Long Island, by deed dated Jan- 
uary 25, 1664— the original record of which is at 
Albany', N. Y., Liber 3, page 1. The second pur- 
c h aS( — of Navarumsunk and Pootapeck— is dated 
April 7. 1665; and the third purchase is dated 
June .">, 1665. The original record of these deeds 
is at Albany, N. V.. and copies are also recorded 
at Perth Amboy and Trenton. N. J. 

Having already complied with the first condi- 
tions of Governor Nicolls" proclamation, the com- 
pany made application to the Governor for a 
-rant to cover the purchase already made and 
others which they intended to make. This grant 
embraced all of the present county of Monmouth, 
and a part of Ocean and Middlesex counties. It 
is dated April 8, 1<>(;."). It is known as the famous 

•■ Monmouth Patent." 

"To all whom these presents shall come: I 
Richard Nicolls, Esq., Governor under his Royal 
Highness the Duke of York of all his Territories 

in America send greeting. Whereas there is a 
certain tract or parcel of land within this govern- 
ment, lying and being near Sandy Point, upon 
the Main : which said parcel of land hath been 
♦Salter's History oi Monmouth Co., N. J. 



with my consent and approbation bought by some 
of the inhabitants of Gravesend upon Long Island 
of the Sachems (chief proprietors thereof) who be- 
fore me have acknowledged to have received sat- 
isfaction for the same, to the end that the said 
land may be planted, manured and inhabited, 
and for divers other good causes and considera- 
tions, I have thought fit to give, confirm and 
-rant, and by these (.resents do give, confirm, and 

grant unto William Golding, Samuel Spicer, 
i;i, iiaki. Gibbons, Richard Stout, James 
Gbover, John Bowne, John Tilton, Nathan- 
iel Sylvester, William Reape, Walter 
Clarke, Nicholas Davis, Obadiah Holmes, 
patentees, and their associates, their heirs, suc- 
cessors and assigns, all that tract and part of the 
main land * :: :; - to have and to hold all and singular 
the said lands, hereditaments and premises 
with their and every one of their appurtenances 
hereby given and granted, or therein before men- 
tioned to be given ami -ranted, to the only proper 
use and behoof of the said patentees and their as- 
sociates/their heirs, successors and assigns for- 
ever, upon such terms and conditions as hereafter 
are expressed, that is to say, that the said paten- 
tees and their associates, their heirs or assigns, 
shall within the space of three years, beginning 
from day of the date hereof, manure ami plant the 
aforesaid land and premises and settle there one 
hundred families at least. I do likewise 

-rant unto the said Patentees and their Associates, 
their Heirs, Successors and Assigns, and unto any 
and all other Persons who shall Plant and Inhabit 
i„ any of the Land aforesaid, that they shall have 
free Liberty of Conscience, without any Molesta- 
tion or Disturbance whatsoever in their way of 
Worship. *** Given under my Hand and Seal 
at Fort James, in New York, on Manhatans- 
Island, the 8th Day of April in the 17th year of 
the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, Charles the 
Second, by the Grace of God, of England, Scot- 
land, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the 
Faith, etc.. and in the year of our Lord God, 1665. 

Richard Nicholls." 
Havin- purchased the land of the Indians, and 
bavin- secured the Patent from Governor Nicolls. 
the patentees and their associates began their set- 
tlements immediately. The Bowne family had 
actually settled at Middletown fully a year before 
the patent was -ranted. The Bo wnes contributed 
toward buying the land in Monmouth of the 
Indians, and for incidental expenses in treating 
with them, a greater sum than any other family 
with only two exceptions. The Town Book of 
Old Middletown, in its first entry dated Dec. 30, 
Kit;?, shows that William Bowne was granted lot 
No. 8 at Portland Point. 



The patentees met at Portland Point, July 8, 
1670 and voted to admit as associates ''a conven- 
ient number of purchasers who were the first and 
principal in the purchase of the three necks : 
Newasink, Navarumsunk and Pootapeck *** 
henceforth to have a full interest, right and claim 
in ye Patent given and granted to ye Patentees 
by Richard Nicolls, Esq., late Governor of New 
York."* 

William Bowne was the first associate chosen at 
this meeting. 

William Bowne was horn in Yorkshire, Eng- 
land, and died at Portland Point in 1677. 

Lettersof Administration were granted toJohn 
Bowne of Middletown, X. .1., to administer on 
the estate of his father, William Bowne, "hereto- 
fore of Gravesend, " and " late of Middletown in 
New Jersey, in 1677. John is spoken of as being 
his "eldest son," and he made application for the 
letters "with the consent of and good liking of 
the rest of his brethers. " 
Children of William and Ann Bowne : 
John Bowne, horn in England. 
James Bowne, horn in Salem. Mass.. 1636. 
Andrew Bowne, horn in Salem, Mass., 1638. 
Philip Bowne, horn in Salem. Mass.. 1640. 
They also had daughters. 

John Bowne I William i | was a leader in purcha- 
sing the land from the Indians: was one of the 
first live families who made a permanent settle- 
ment in 1004 ; and was one of the patentees of the 
Monmouth grant. "Until Captain Bowne'sdeath, 
in the early part of 1684, he seems to have been the 
most prominent citizen of the comity, esteemed for 
his integrity and his ability. He had been com- 
pelled to have the Massachusetts colony on ac- 
count of his sympathy with the Baptists, and he 
was one of the founders of the Baptist church at 
Middletown. He appeared as a deputy to the 
first Assembly in Governor Carteret's time, which 
met May 26, 1668. the" members of the Lower 
House being then called 'burgesses.' He was 
deputy again in 1675, after Carteret's return 
from England : and in the first Legislature under 
the twenty-four proprietors, in 1683, he was a 
member and the Speaker, and acted until the De- 
eeinber following. He held other positions of 
trust. March 12, 1077, a commission was issued 
to him as president of the court to hold a term at 
Middletown. In December, 1083, shortly before 
ns last illness, he was appointed major of the 
nilitia of Monmouth county." As stated, Cap- 
■ain John Bowne was one of the founders of 
he Baptist Church at Middletown, N. J., which 
vas constituted in 1668; being the first Baptist 
♦Salter's History of Monmouth. 
*History of Monmouth Co., N. J.— Ellis. 



organization in the State of New Jersey. "The 
first who preached at Middletown was Mr. John 
Bowne :: ■ it was he who gave the lot on which 
the first meeting house was built, "f Captain 
John Bowne died January 3, 1684, and "his 
universally recognized character was that of an 
.upright, conscientious Christian man." 

Captain John Bowne married Lydia Holmes, a 
daughter of Rev. Obadiah Holmes. He was born 
in Preston, Lancashire, England, in 1606 ; died at 
Newport, R. L, Oct. 15, 1682 ; married in 1636. 
He arrived in 1638, and settled in Salem, Mass., 
1039, where he engaged with two other persons 
in the manufacture of glass, probably the first in 
that business in America. He continued in the 
Congregational Church at Salem, and then at Re- 
hoboth, about eleven years, after which he be- 
came a Baptist, and subsequently joined that 
church. He is the man who received such a cruel 
scourging of thirty lashes with a three-corded 
whip, at the instance of the Puritan ministers of 
Massachusetts, for undertaking "to preach and 
baptize !" + He was the second pastor of the 
second Baptist church organized in America, at 
Newport. 1.'. L, in 1044. Here he remained in 
the pastoral office from 1652 till his death, thirty 
years. Rev. Obadiah Holmes was one of the twelve 
patentees of the Monmouth grant, although he 
did not settle in that county. 

Lydia Holmes was a sister to Judge Obadiah 
Holmes of Cohansey. N. J., who was for a long 
time a judge of the court, and a Baptist preacher 
of that place. He died 1701. 

Children of Capt. John and Lydia (Holmes) 
Bowne : 

John Bowne, born April 1, 1664 ; died 1716; 
married Prances Bowman. 

Obadiah Bowne. born July 18, 1000 ; died 1726; 
married 1st. Elizabeth Bowne, '2nd. Elizabeth 
Longlield. 

Deborah Bowne, born Jan. 26, 1668. 
Sarah Bowne, born Nov. 27. 1069. 
Catharine Bowne. 

Captain Andrew Bowne, son of Willianu and 
Ann Bowne, owned a farm of 500 acres on the 
Raritan river, now in Franklin township, Som- 
erset county, in 1681.* Governor Hamilton ap- 
pointed Captain Andrew Bowne of Raritan river 
a member of bis Council. Sept. 14, 1092. He was 
appointed Deputy Governor of New Jersey by 
Governor Basse, and was sworn into that office 
Maj 15, 1099. On June 7, 1701, Captain Andrew 
Bowne received a commission, dated March 25, 
1701, as Governor of East New Jersey. He was 
tHistory of the Baptists ( 1792) by Morgan Edwards. 
tHistory of the Baptists — Benedict, pages 371 to 377. 
*Snell's History of Hunterdon and Somerset. 



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commissioned bv Queen Anne a member of Gov. 
Cornbury's Council Aug. 10, 1703. Gov. Andrew 
Bowne died in 1708, leaving a daughter Eliza- 
beth, who married her cousin Obadiah Bowne. 
but left no male issue. 

.lames Bowne (William* ) was born and bap- 
tised in Salem, Mass.. 1636 ; died at Middletown, 
N. J., 1692; administration was granted on his 
estate 1695 ; married Mary Stout, 1665. She was 
a daughter of Richard Stout by his wife Penelope 
Van Princes. The records show that Richard 
Stout's daughters, Mary, Alice and Sarah, "are 
to come of age since the year 1007." That is, 
Sarah Stout, the youngest, would be eighteen 
years old in 1607. So Mary Stout was probably 

born in 1645. 

" Richard Stout was one of the twelve men 
named in the Monmouth Patent. Under grants 
and concessions his name heads the list of claim- 
ants as recorded in Surveyor's office at Perth Am- 
boy. In the allotments of Town lots at Middle- 
town, recorded Dec. 30th, 1667, Richard Stout 
was appointed to assist in laying out the lots. In 
1669 he was one of the so-called overseers of Mid- 
dletown. Richard Stout was prominent in public 
affairs in the new settlement and his name fre- 
quently mentioned in Freehold records. In 1690 
Kichard Stout and his wife Penelope conveyed to 
Benjamin Stout all the tract and plantation 
whereon they then lived at Hop River, after de- 
cease of himself and wife Penelope. The will of 
Richard Stout, first of the family, is tiled in Sec- 
retary <»f State's office at Trenton. It is dated 
June 9th, 1703, and was proved October, 1705.* 
" Richard Stout was one of the most respectable 
and respected men in his day in the Monmouth 
settlement."t "Penelope Van Princes was born 
at Amsterdam, Holland, about 1602 ; her father's 
name was Van Princes ; she and her first husband 
i whose name is not known) sailed tor New Vork, 
i then New Amsterdam,) about the year 1620. 
The vessel was stranded at Sandy Hook: the 
crew got ashore and marched toward the said New 
York; but Penelope's (lor that was her name) 
husband being hurt in the wreck, could not 
march with them : therefore he and the wife tar- 
riid in the woods : they had not been long in tin- 
place before the Indians killed them both I as 
they thought), and stripped them to the skin ; 
however, l'enolope came to, though her skull was 
fractured and her left shoulder so hacked that she 
could never use that arm like the other ; she 
was also cut across the abdomen so that her 
bowels appeared ; these she kept in with 
her hand : she continued in this situation for 

*History of Monmouth Co., N. J.; Sailer. 
+History of Monmouth Co., N. J.: Ellis. pa<?e 63. 



seven days, taking shelter in a hollow tree and 
eating the excrescence of it ; the seventh day she 
saw a deer passing by with arrows sticking in it, 
and soon after two Indians appeared, whom she 
was glad to see, in hope they would put her out 
of her misery ; accordingly, one made towards her 
to knock her in the head ; but the other, who 
was an elderly man, prevented him, and throw- 
ing his match coat about her carried her to his 
wigwam-, and cured her of her wounds and bruis- 
es. After that he took her to New York and 
made a present of her to her countrymen, viz : an 
Indian present expecting ten times the value in 
return. It was in New York that one Richard 
Stout married her ; he was a native of England 
and of a good family. She was now in her 22d 
year, and he in his 40th. She bore him seven 
sons and three daughters, viz : Jonathan (founder 
of Hopewell), John, Richard, James, Peter, Da- 
vid, Benjamin, Mary, Sarah, and Alice. The 
daughters married into the families of the Bownes, 
Pikes, Throckmortons and Skeltons, and so lost 
the name of Stout ; the sons married into the fam- 
ilies of Bullen, Crawford, Ashton, Fraux, &c, 
and had many children. The mother lived to the 
age of 110. and saw her offspring multiplied into 
.-)<>;.> in about 88 years."* 

Richard Stout was born in Nottinghamshire, 
England, in 1584 : died in 170.", ; married Pene- 
lope Van Princes in New Amsterdam, in 1624 ; 
was one of the thirty-nine original settlers of 
Gravesend, Long Island, 1645 ; removed with his 
family to Middletown, N. J., 1664, and was one 
of the first five families of said settlement. 

James Bowne was one of the interpreters at the 
first purchase of land from the chief of the Neve- ^ 
sink Indians. .Ian. 25. 1064 ; and this fact shows * 
that he was a young man of intelligence, and that 
he had previously had considerable intercourse 
with the Indians. James Bowne contributed to- 
ward buying the land in Monmouth county of 
the Indians and for incidental expenses in treat- 
ing with them.t 

He was chosen a deputy for Portland Point, at 
a meeting of the inhabitants of Shrewsbury, on 
Narumsunk Neck, December 14, 1667, designated 
in its proceedings as -'The General Assembly of 
the Patentees & Deputies." James Bowne was 
Chosen one of the ••Overseers'- of Middletown, 
May 26, 1669. "May the 25th, 1669, JAMES 
BOWNE was this day by the pluralities of votes 
chosen deputy to act with the patentees at a gen- 
eral court or the adjournment thereof to be held 
at Portland Point the :27th of May. 

Testis Edw. Tartt, Town Clerk." 
♦History of the Baptists, Benedict, p. 5S5. 
tSalter's History of Monmouth. 



" The Overseers, there Ingagement, May ye 26, 
l(if>9. We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, 
being chosen by the inhabitants off Miridletown 
for overseers, we do hereby promise and ingage to 
perform the office and place thereof, according to 
our best understanding in all cases of actions of 
debt and trespass, amounting to ye sum of ten 
pounds, according to the charter gi^en and grant- 
ed to the company of purchasers off Newasink, 
Narumsunk and Pootapeck. In witness whereof! 
we have herounto subscribed this 26th of May, 

i<;<;9. 

The mark of 
Kit-hard x Stout, 
Jonathan Hullmes, 
Edward Smith, 
.lames Bowne. 
Subscribed in Court before the Pattentees and 
Deputies of the towns of Middletown and Shrews- 
bury, May 26th, Kid!). 

R. Richardson, 

Recorder, "t 

At a court held at Portland Point, Nov. 2, 1669: 
' William Bowne and James Bowne off the Town 
of Middletown, on Newasink Neck, are appointed 
to act as Patentees in the room of John Tilton & 
Samuel Spicer of Gravesend, according to an order 
under both their hands, as appears on record, bear- 
ing date 26th day of May last." That is to say, 
William & James Bowne had bought all the lijjlit. 
title and interest of Tilton & Spicer in the Mon- 
mouth Patent, and were appointed by said Court 
to act as Patentees. The records also have : 
"July 8th, 1670. It is thought meet by the 
Patentees, that a convenient number of purchas- 
ers who were the first & principal in the purchase 
of these necks, viz : Newasink, Narumsunk & 
Pootapeck are hereby to be nominated, elected 
& chosen as associates with the Patentees whose 
names are inserted & set down, who by virtue of 
this act or order shall henceforth have a full inter- 
est, right & claim in ye pattent given and granted 
to the Pattentees, by Richard Nicholls, Esq., late 
Governor off New York, to chose men who are 
therein expressly nominated, *** 

Witness our hands the day & year above said. 

William Golding, 
James Grover, 
Richard Gibbons. 
William Reape, 
John Bowne, 

his 
Richard x Stout."; 
mark 

♦Middletown Records, May 25, 1669. 
t Middletown Records. May 26, 1669. 
told Times in Old Monmouth. 



9 

Among those "nominated, elected & chosen," 
were William & James Bowne. 

We wish to remark in passing, that one histor- 
ian speaks disparagingly of Richard Stout, be- 
cause he signed his name by mark. It must be 
remembered that he was an aged and infirm man 
at this time, being eighty -six years old. 

James Bowne was a deputy at Portland Point, 
July 5, 1670. Sept. 23, 1685, he was commission- 
ed a Minister of Justice, & subscribed to the fol- 
lowing oath: 

"I whose name is hereunto subscribed doe sol- 
emnly, in the presence of Cod, promise and declare 
that! will bear true allegiance to the King of 
England, his heirs & successors, & be true & faith- 
ful to the Interest of the Lord Proprietors of the 
Province of East New Jersey; & their heirs execu- 
tors A: assigns; & that as a commissioned Minister 
of Justice by the authority of the Governor & Coun- 
sell of this Province of East Jersey, for the deter- 
mining of small causes in Court monthly, to be 
held in Middletown, according to commission 
granted to me by authority aforesaid, in all Arti- 
cles & things in the Commission granted tome, 
according to the Laws & acts of the General Assem- 
bly of this Province, to poor & rich, I will to my 
power doeequall justice, in any matter depending 
before me, I will not becounsell in any matter de- 
pending before me. I will hold sessions in my 
County according to the act of the General Assem- 
bly. And will perform & doe the office or commis- 
sion granted to me as aforesaid, to right & Justice, 
to the uttermost of my power & understanding & 
ability. Witness my hand, Dated this 23d day of 
September, 1685. James Bowne. 

The above day mentioned, James Bowne did 
subscribe to the above engagement before us. 

John Throckmorton, 
Peter Tilton." * 

James Bowne succeeded Richard Richardson as 
clerk of the court of Monmouth county N. J., and 
was such May 3, 1680.t 

In the list of warrants giving names of persons 
who claimed lands under "Grants & Concessions" 
issued in 1675, we find: "James Bowne in right 
of himself & wife, Mary Stout, 240 acres." and in 
1676 warrants for land to be subsequently located 
& surveyed were issued by the Proprietors to James 
Bowne 240 acres; & to Mary Stout, -wife of James 
Bowne-60 acres. "J He also had four hundred & 
eighty ( 4*0) acres of land known as "Middletown 
Men's Lot," between Kiss^l695. Add to this 
five hundred acres as one of the original patentees 

*01d Times in Old Monmouth. 

flbid. 

ISalter's History of Monmouth. 



10 

and be had therefore an estate of fifteen hundred 
& twenty acres. 

Judge .lames Bowne was one of the founders of 
the Baptist Church of Middletown, N. J., which 
was the first church of that denomination in the 
state of New Jersey. He held various offices of 
honor & trust, both by election & appointment; all 
of which he filled with eminent ability & strict 
integrity, & to the entire satisfaction of the people. 
This is evident from the fact, that he held some 
official position, from the time he was interpreter 
at the first purchase of land from the chief of the 
Nevesink Indians, at the court of Governor Nich- 
olls. in New York City in 1604, until the time of 
his drath-t went y-eight years. Judge James Bowne 
was one of the most prominent men in Monmouth 
county, during his time. 

Children of James & Mary (Stout) Bowne: 
.lames Bowne, born in Mon. county, X. J., 1666. 

T> ltd »' " U U 

Andrew Bowne, 

John Bowne, 

William Bowne. " " " " " " 

John Bowne, (Jamesa William,) was born in 
Middletown, Monmouth county, N. J., probably 
in 1670. He was called John Bowne, "cordwainer" 
to distinguish him from his cousin-Capt. John 
Bowne. Little is really known about this John 
Bowne. He was a ropemaker & farmer by trade 
and occupation, but seems to have taken no part 
in the political affairs of his day. He was a mem- 
ber of the Baptist Church of Middletown, N. J., 
and his name is signed to a certificate of that 
church, dated June 20, 1693. John Bowne of Mid- 
dletown. Cordwinder, "and wife Elizabeth, deeded 
to their son, James Bowne, land &c, Nov. (i 1719. 
He also gives to his son. Andrew Bowne, "land 
at Crosswicks:" June 20, 17:;o. John Bowne mar- 
ried Elizabeth— — ; her maiden name, the dates 
of her birth, marriage, and death have not been 
ascertained. 

Children of John and Elizabeth Bowne: 
Elizabeth Bowne married John Bray, 17->.">. 
Andrew Bowne. 
James Bowne married Elizabeth < >. Hartshorne 

Aug. 17. 1743. 
Samuel Bowne. 

James Bowne (John 3 James 2 Willianii) was 
born in Monmouth county, New Jersey: married 
Elizabeth < >. Hartshorn August 17|, 1743. James 
Bowne was an ardent patriot during the American 
Revolution, having four four-horse teams hauling 
baggage for the Revolutionary army: and I think, 
also serving as a soldier in the said war. The tra- 
dition in the family is that at the close of the war 
he bad "a bushel of continental money." which 
tNew Jersey Marriage Licenses in Trenton. N. J. 



he took out one stormy day and scattered to the 
wind in final settlement with his country for his 
services in the cause of American liberty. 

( hild of James and Elizabeth < >. ( Hartshorn) 

Bowne: 
William Bowne, born August 4, 17.">0. 
They had other children who have not been 
traced . 

William ( James4 John 3 James 2 Willianii ) was 
born in Monmouth county, New Jersey, August 
4, 1750; died in Trenton, N. J., about 1842: mar- 
ried Anna Deats. She was a daughter of William 
and Mary Deats. William Deals was a wheelrigbt 
by occupation, and is said to have been "a work- 
man of great skill and ingenuity." He lived about 
four miles north-west of Eleniington, N. J. His 
will is dated Dec. 1, 1823; and was probated Fel). 
13, 1823.* 

William Bowne was a soldier in the second 
regiment of the New Jersey troops in the Revolu- 
tionary war. He was in the Battle of Monmouth 
with Colonel Ogden's regiment, which had been 
on the match and in the battle since early morn- 
ing, and being worn out with thirst, hunger and 
fatigue, was ordered by Washington to be with- 
drawn. Colonel Ogden's troops were the last to 
leave their position, covering the retreat and act- 
ing as a rear-guard to the retreating forces of Var- 
imm, Livingston, and Oswald. t 

The following was furnished by the United 
States Commissioner of Pensions. 

"Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions. 
Washington, D. C, 

November 14, 1898. 

Sir :— 

Replying to your recent communication you 
are advised that William Bowne made an applica- 
tion for pension on August 4th, 1820, at which 
time he was 70 years of age and residing in Hun- 
terdon county, N. J., and his pension was allowed 
for eighteen months actual service as a private in 
the New Jersey troops, Revolutionary war ; a part 
of the time be served under Capt. Leonard and 
Col. Ogden. Place of his enlistment not stated. 
Very respectfully, 
II. Clay Evans, 

Commissioner. 

Mr. Miller K. Reading, 
Aden, Virginia." 
During the Revolutionary war many of the 
New Jersey tories, or refugees, tied to the state of 
New York, and were formed into a military corps 
under the name of "The Associated Loyalists." 

*Hunterdon Co. Wills. Vol. 4. page 170. 
■fHist. of Monmouth Co.— Ellis. 



New Jersey certainly was very greatly afflicted 
by these tory marauding parties, and the Whig in- 
habitants of Monmouth county were compelled to 
draw up articles of agreement for the purpose of 
retaliation. It is dated June, 1779, and is now in 
the office of the Secretary of State, Trenton, N. J. 
It is signed by four hundred and thirty-six per- 
sons, and William Bowne's name is among them.* 

The Bowne Family was well represented in the 
American army during the Revolutionary war. 
In Adjutant General W. S. Stryker's "Official 
Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in 
the Revolutionary War," we find :. Joseph, Bowne. 
Corp., Peter Bowne, ensign, David. Klias, James, 
Peter, Joseph, Samuel and William Bowne — nine 
members of the Bowne family from one county ! 
This fact tells the story of their coinage, their 
patriotism and their devotion to liberty. 

After the war William Bowne remained in Mon- 
mouth county until 1787, at which time he con- 
veyed land to John Bowne, ' probably his brother,) 
removed to Hunterdon county, and soon after 
married Anna Deats. He located at Cherryville, 
Hunterdon County. X. J., where he resided for 
many years. He was by trade and occupation a 
shoemaker. 

There was an Independence Jubilee held in 
Flemington, N. J., in 1826, and the venerable 
survivors of 1770 joined the procession at the 
court house. t William Bowne was in the pro- 
cession. 

William and Anna (Deats) Bowne were living 
at Cherryville, Hunterdon, N. J., as late as 1840 : 
at which time she was seventy-three, and he nine- 
ty years of age. 

He is said to have removed to Trenton. N. J., 
where he died probably in 1842, but the exact 
date of his death has not been ascertained. He is 
buried in the graveyard at Hamilton Square, New 
Jersey. 

There was one trait in William Bowne's charac- 
ter most worthy of emulation by his descendants. 
He was an ardent patriot, firm in the faith that 
America was right, and the greatest nation on 
earth. Broad and charitable in other matters, he 
always resented any aspersions on his state or 
country, when uttered in his piesence. 

Children of William and Anna ( Deats) Bowne : 
John Deats Bowne, (Williams, James4, 
John3, James 2 , William 1 , ) was born in Hun- 
terdon county, X. J., Sept. 16, 1792 ; died at 
Sergeantsville, N. J., July 19, 1860 ; married 
Sarah Cronce Jan. 6, 1819. She was born in 
Hunterdon county, N.J., Feb. 12, 1802 : died 
*Hist. Coll. of New Jersey, page 372. 
tHistory of Hunterdon County. Snell. 



11 

at Long Branch, N. J., June 3, 1881. She 
was a daughter of Adam Cronce, born Jan. 
23, 1776 ; died Oct, 7, 1847 ; by his wife 
Margaret Deats, born, Sept. 21, 1776 ; died 
May 6, 1826. 

John D. Bowne was a wheelwright by trade, 
and followed that occupation for a number of 
years at Cherryville, X. J. He invented and 
manufactured the famous "Peacock " plow. 
Late in life he removed to Sergeantsville, X. J., 
where he died, and is buried in the graveyard 
of the Flemington Baptist Church. 
Children of John 1). and Sarah (Cronce) Bowne: 
Charles C. Bowne, born March 18, 1820. 
Elias I). Bowne, born Nov. l(i, 1821. 
Emanuel K. Bowne, born Aug. 10, 1823. 
John R. Bowne, born Aug. 7, 1825. 
Margaret Bowne. born April 8, 1827. 
William I. Bowne, born April 22, 1829. 
Hannah H. Bowne, born Fell. 10, 1830. 
Mary Ann Bowne, born Oct. 30, 1832. 
George W. Bowne, born May 28, 1834. 
Bartolette E. Bowne, born June 9, 1836. 
William Bowne, ( Williams, James4, J0I1113, 
James?, William 1 , was born in Hunterdon 
county, N. J., in 1794 ; and died of typhoid 
fever in early manhood, in Trenton, X. J. 

Mary Bowne. (Williams, James4, John3, 
James 2 , William ) was born in Hunterdon 
county, X. J., in 1796 ; married James Owens 
in Phila. Pa., where he died without issue. 

Anne Bowne, (Williams, James4, John.;, 
James?, Williami, ) was born at Cherryville, 
Hunterdon County, N. J., September 19, 
1798 ; died at Croton, N. J., Oct. 13, 1861 ; 
married Francis Heading, Dec. 17, 1818. 
Charles Bowne, born Apr. 29, 1800. 
Catharine Bowne; born 1802. 

Tin; Beading Family. 
The Reading family reaches back centuries be- 
yond the Norman Conquest of 1066 for its origin- 
back into the gray uncertain dawn of the first per- 
iod of the literary annals of England. "The pre- 
cise antiquity of the surname Reading is difficult 
to determine. The name is supposed, whoever, 
to have had its genesis during the period of the 
Saxon Heptarchy, and to have been derived from 
the Saxon tribe Badingas, the decendants of 
Reada.*** Certain it is that the family Reading, 
never a numerous one, was of ancient seating in 
Hertfordshire and in London and that the sur- 
name was variously spelled and indifferently used 
by earlier members thereof as de Redynge, Ryd- 
inge, Redding and Beading."* 

* Genealogical and Biographical Memorials of the 

Reading, Howell, Yerkes, Watts, Latham and Elkins 
Families, by Col. J. G. Leach, LL. B , page 3. 



12 

The Reading tribe, or family, has Left us an en- 
during monument in the town of Reading, in 

Berks County. England, at the junction of the 
Kennet and Thames rivers, thirty-eight miles 
west of London. It must have been a town of 
considerable importance at a very early day under 
bheSaxon kings, as the Danes, "toward the close 
of the ninth century, seized itscastle and intrench- 
ed themselves therein after their defeat at the 
battle ..I' Ashdown by Etherwolf, Earl of Berk- 
shire."t The Danes again attacked this town 
ami almost destroyed it. on the invasion of Swyn, 
kin- of Denmark, in 1006. It was still an im- 
portant town soon after this, as Prince John sum- 
moned a general council of the nobility and pre- 
lates at Reading in 11914 It was garrisoned by 
King Charles in 1643, and esteemed a place of 
considerable strength at that time. 

Thomas Reading was in the English Parlia- 
ment from Hereford County in 1295. Lord Robert 
Heading was in the Parliament from Suffolk Coun- 
ty from 1304 to 1309. William Heading was high 
sheriff of London in 1316. 

Rohert Reading, monk of West minister, wrote 
a history of Edward IPs reign, which Dr. Luard 
says : " must rank as of equal authority with the 
other chroniclers of that time: " He died in 1325. 
Richard Reading was enfeoffed of the Manor of 
Whitehorse, Croyen, about ten miles from Lou- 
don, by John Chirbury, marshal to Edward III., 

1360. 

John Reading. Esq., was treasurer to the house- 
hold of •'Prince Henry, afterward Henry VIII." 
He married Mary Brandon, daughter of Sir 
Thomas Brandon. He left three sons John, Wil- 
liam, and Thomas Reading. 

John Reading, Esq., died in 1508. William 
Reading was in the English Parliament from War- 
wickshire in 1441. Rev. John Reading, D. D., 
prebend of Canterbury, was horn in Buckingham- 
shire in 1588 : was graduated from the University 
of Cambridge, October 17, 1007; received the de- 
gree of M. A- from St. Mary's Hall in 1010 : took 
holy orders and became chaplain to Edward, Lord 
Zouch, governor of Dover Castle, and was rector 
of St. Mary's. Dover. Dec. 2, 1616. Later he was 
appointed chaplain in ordinary to Charles I. "On 
the restoration of Charles 1L, Dr. Reading pre- 
sented to his Majesty at his first Landing May 25, 
1660, a large Bible, in the name of the Corpora- 
tion of Dover, and made an address which was 
printed in a broadside.'' 

Dr. Reading died Oct. '-'<;. 1667. 
Nathaniel Reading, Esq., was bred at the Inns 
of Court, London. He was called to the bar, and 
tHistory of England, Hume, Vol II page 322. 
►Ibid, Vol. I. 194- 



was a noted counsellor and orator. He married 
Arabella Churchill, sister to Sir Winston Churchill, 

and aunt to John Churchill, the great Duke of 
Marlborough.* 

"Colonel John Reading, the founder of the 
New Jersey family of this surname, was with- 
out doubt of gentle birth, and enjoyed in his 
youth the advantages of a good education . It is 
thought that he was of London. England, or that 
vicinity, where a family of the name has been 
seated from at least the thirteenth century. "t 

Colonel John Reading and Elizabeth his wife 
emigrated from England, and settled at (Uouces- 
ter New Jersey, prior to 10H4. He was one of 
the largest landed proprietors in the Province, a 
man of large wealth, prominent social standing, 
and took an active part in the affairs of the col- 
ony. He was a surveyor by occupation, and fol- 
lowed that business all his life. He was elected 
a member of the Assembly, and attended its ses- 
sions at Burlington, 1685 ; again in 1697 ; and 
again in 1701, at which session he was clerk of 

that body. 

He was Clerk of Gloucester county from 1688 

to 1702, inclusive, being annually elected, lie 
was appointed, by the Provincial Council of 
West Jersey, one of the three commissioners to 
treat with the Indians for the purchase of land 
from the chief Himhammoe ; and also another 
tract from the chief Coponnockons.. They pur- 
chased of these chiefs all the land lying between 
the Raritan and Delaware river, and reported to 
the Council June 27, 1703. This was the great 
tract of one hundred and fifty thousand acres. 

Colonel John Reading retired from the office of 
Clerk of (iloucester county at the close of 1702. 
and soon after removed to "Mount Am- 
well," an estate of four thousand acres, situated 
along the Delaware river, in what is now Hun- 
terdon county. He was without doubt the first 
white settler of old Amwell township. :; He was 
commissioned one of the Judges of the Supreme 
Court of the Province in 1712. He was " elected 
and chosen" a member of the Council of New Jer- 
sey, and confirmed by Queen Anne in April, 1713, 
and remained an active and prominent member 
until his death. He was commissioned a Captain 
of a militia company of Amwell and upper part 
of Hopewell, Hunterdon county, March 18, 1714 ; 
and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel "in the 
regiment commanded by John Hamilton, Esq.," 
which appointment he held at the time of his 

decease.! 

*The compiler is indebted to "the Readings in tug- 
gland" by Col. Leach, in his history of the Reading 

F tCol y Leach 'I History of the Reading Family, p, 11. 
*SueU's Historv of Hunterdon Couuty, 
tHistory of the' Readiug Family. Col. Leach, page 21. 



Colonel John Reading died at his seat— Mount 
Aniwell— in Hunterdon county, N. J., in Octo- 
ber 1717. 

Letters of administration on his estate were 
granted to his son, John Reading, Nov. 2, 17174 
Colonel John Reading and Elizabeth his wife are 
buried in the graveyard of the Buckingham 
Meeting, Bucks County, Pa. 

Children of Colonel John and Elizabeth Read- 
ing: John Reading, born June 6, 16s<> ; Elsie 
Reading. 

Governor John Reading was born at Gloucester, 
Gloucester County, N. J., June 6, 1686; died at 
Walnut Grove, near Flemington, Hunterdon Co., 
Nov. 5, 1767 ; married Mary Ryerson Nov. 30, 
1720. She was baptised in the Dutch Reformed 
Clime]) in New York city, July 20, 1696, and 
died at Walnut Grove, April 11, 1774. She was 
a daughter of George Ryerson. Esq., of Bergen 
County, New Jersey, by his wife Anna Sellout, 
widow of Tunis Direckson Dey. She was bap- 
tised March 17, 1666, and died March 17, 1743. 

George Ryerson was born in Brooklyn. N. Y., 
Sept. 19, 1666; died in Bergen County, N. J., 
1719 ; married Anna Sehout. Aug. 11,1691. He 
removed from Brooklyn, New York, to Peqnan- 
nock, Bergen County. New Jersey, probably in 
1701. 

He was a prominent man in Bergen county and 
for nearly twenty-live years one of the judges of 
the county courts. His son George was one of 
the judges of the same county for many years: 
and his son .Martin was one of the leading men in 
Hunterdon county,— a deacon in the Readington 
Church, a justice of the peace as early as 1773, 
and one of the judges of the court of Common 
Pleas from 1739 to 1751. George Ryerson was a 
son of Martin ( 1 ) Ryerson, the emigrant, by his 
wife Ann Rapalie. Martin Ryerson is said to 
have been a French Huguenot, who fled from 
France to Holland. He emigrated from Amster- 
dam, Holland, to New Amsterdam ( now New- 
York City) in 1646. He married Ann Rapalie 
March 14, 1663. She was born Feb. 8, 1646, a 
daughter of Joris Jansen Rapalie, a French Hu- 
guenot born in Rochelle, France, by his wife Cata- 
lina Trico. She was born in Paris, France, in 
1605, and was a daughter of Jeromynus Trico of 
Paris. She died Sept. 11. 16*9. Joris Jansen 
Rapalie emigrated with his family from Holland 
in the ship "Unity," and came to New Amster- 
dam in 1623. He settled first at Fort Orange, N. 
Y. (now Albany), and his daughter Sarah, born 
June 9, 1625, is said to have been the first white 
female child bom of European parents in New 
Netherlands. The original Rapalie family record 
{Office Sec'y of State of New Jersey. 



13 

is preserved in the Library of the New York His- 
torical Society. Martin Ryerson settled at Wal- 
labout, Long Island, and was on the assessment 
rolls of Brooklyn, N. Y. . from 1675 to 1683 ; 
member of Brooklyn Church 1677 ; magistrate 
1679 ; constable 1682. He signed his name, Mar- 
ten Ryersen. Martin and Ann (Rapalie) Ryer- 
son had four sons: George. Ryer, Francis and 
Abraham. George and Anna (Sellout) Ryerson 
had eight children : Martin, John, Luke, George, 
Mary, Blandina, Elizabeth and Ann. 

John Reading, the younger, enjoyed the advan- 
tages of a liberal education in early youth, which 
seems to have been of superior character, as he 
was educated in Europe, where he remained nine 
years devoted to study. 

John Reading was nominated by Governor Hun- 
ter to a seat in the provincial council November 3 
1718; his nomination was confirmed bv the Kirn-- 
June 24, 1720; and he was sworn into office and 
took his place in the council March 25, 1721. He 
was appointed by Governor Hunter one of the 
commissioners to run the boundary line between 
New York and New Jersey March 28, 1719. And 
also, about the same time, he was appointed one 
of the commissioners to run the line between East 
and West New Jersey. August 12, 1720, the coun- 
cil of proprietors of West New Jersey, by unani- 
mous vote selected John Reading as surveyor to 
assist James Alexander, surveyor-general of the 
Province, "in running the said division line 
throughout the whole work." He was commission- 
ed Colonel of the military regiment of infantry 
for the county of Hunterdon Feb. 10, 1727; and 
commissioned surrogate of Hunterdon and Somer- 
set counties August IS, 1727. 

November 6, 1728, he was appointed by the 
Crown one of the judges "to try pirates." 

He was appointed judge of the court of common 
pleas of Hunterdon county Feb. 10, 1727. He 
was appointed by the King one of the commis- 
sioners to define the boundary line between the 
colonies of Massachusetts and Rhode Island in 
1740. This appointment was highly complimen- 
tary to Hon. John Reading, and furnishes addi- 
tional testimony to his high reputation as a sur- 
veyor.* Governor Lewis Morris died May 21, 
1746, and the government of the State devolved 
on John Hamilton, Esq., president of the council. 
He died June 17, 1747, and immediately after his 
death the council met and Hon. John Reading, 
being the next oldest councilor, was sworn into 
office as governor and commander-in-chief, being 
the first native-born Jerseyman to govern the 
State of New Jersey, t 

♦History of the Reading Family — L,each, page 23. 
tlbid. 



14 

Governor Reading was succeeded by Jonathan 
Belcher, Esq, Aug. 1<>, 1747. He remained in 
office until his death, August 31, 1757. Hon. 
John Reading being president of the council, 
again took the oath of office as governor and com- 
mander-in-chief of New Jersey, and " the great 
Seal of the Colony and the Seal of the prerogative 
(unit were delivered to him," September 9, 1757. 
He had charge of the administration of the colony 
until .June 111. 1758, when he was succeeded by 
Hon. Francis Bernard, who had arrived from Fn<>;- 
land with a commission as Governor.*. 

John Reading's name appears at the head of the 
council, in the King's ''Letter of Instructions'' to 
Governor Bernard, but he had determined to retire 
from public life on account of "his great age and 
infermities. " 

He asked Governor Bernard to "accept his resig- 
nation and dismiss, him from his Majesty's service. 
In due time the King accepted his resignation and 
Governor Reading retired to private life at his 
home— Walnut Grove— where he lived universally 
beloved, and died lamented November 5, 1707.% 

Children of Hon. John and Mary ( Ryerson ) 
Reading— all horn at Walnut Grove, Hunterdon 
county. N. J. 

John Reading, born March 30, 1722 
Ann Reading, born July 21, 1723 
George Reading, born Feb. 20, 172.") 
Daniel Reading, born Feb. 2, 1727 
Joseph Reading, born Nov. 23, 1730 
Elizabeth Reading, bapt. Jan. 31, 1731 
Richard Reading, born Dec. 8, 17:52 
Thomas Reading, born Sep. 27. 17:54 
Mary Reading-, born Aug. 8, 1736 
Sarah Reading, bapt. Oct. 20, 1738 
Samuel Reading, born Oct. 25, 1711 
Captain Thomas Reading was born at "Walnut 
Grove," in Old Am well township, Hunterdon 
county, N. J.. Sept. 27. 17:>4; died where he was 
born, and had lived all his life December 14, 1814. 
He married Rebecca Ellis, daughter of Jonathan 
Ellis by his wife Mary Hollingshead. He was a 
son of Simeon Ellis by his wife Sarah Rates. 

Rebecca Ellis was born in the village of Had- 
donfield, Newton township, Gloucester (now Cam- 
den i county, N. J. 

The date of the arrival of Simeon Ellis in New 
Jersey is not known. His first purchase of real 
estate consisted of two hundred acres of land con- 
veyed to him by Francis Collins, in 1691. It was 
bounded h\ the north side of the north branch of 
Cooper's Creek. He built his house on this tract 
near the stream, ashort distance from the public 
load, which had been laid out by the commission- 

> History of the Reading Family — Leach. 
JIbid. 



ers only a short time before. It was then a practice 
to designate every gentleman, s '"seat" by a par- 
ticular name, and he adopted that of "Springwell". 

Here he lived and died; and here all his child- 
ren were born. Simeon Ellis bought four hundred 
acres of land adjoining his first purchase of Elias 
and Margaret Hugg, in 1005. These purchases in- 
clude the present village of Ellisburg, N J., and 
are "almost equally divided by the Camden and 
Marlton turnpike, and the Moorestovvn and Had- 
donlield road." He made several other purchases, 
some of which lay on the south side of the same 
stream. Sarah, widow of Simeon Ellis, bought 
four hundred acres in Newton township of Isaac 
Hollingsham in 1717; and in 1718 she bought an 
adjoining tract of her son Thomas Ellis. She was 
one of the largest land holders in that township. 
'The landed estate of Simeon Ellis and of his 
widow Sarah, in her own right, was therefore 
large; and lying as it mostly does, in the improved 
sections of Camden county, if taken as a whole, 
it would now be of much value."' 

Simeon Ellis was a member of the Society of 
Friends, and took no part in the political troubles 
of the times in which he lived. He married Sarah 
Bates, daughter of William Bates, at the old New- 
ton meeting house, in 1692. She was born in the 
town of Wickloe, county of Wickloe, Ireland, at 
which place her father was living in 1070. 

The town of Wickloe is situated on the coast of 
the Irish sea. about thirty miles south of Dublin. 
William Bates was a carpenter by occupation, 
and had '•formerly come thither from England," 
as stated by Thomas Sharp. William Bates was 
dragged to jail for attending a religious meeting 
of the Society of Friends, held at the house of 
Thomas Ti afford, in the town of Wickloe, and 
there confined for several weeks. A deed dated 
April 12, 1077, from William Penn and others, 
reads "to Robert Turner, linen draper of Dublin ; 
Robert Zane, serge maker of Dublin ; Thomas 
Thackara, stuff weaver of Dublin ; William Bates., 
carpenter, of the county of Wickloe ; and Joseph 
Slight, tanner, of Dublin, for one whole share of 
Propriety in West New Jersey."t 

Four years after the date of this deed, some 
Friends living in Ireland, but who had formerly 
come from England, sent to Thomas Lurtin of 
London, and made an agreement with him to 
transport them ami their families to New Jersey. 
They were Mark Newby and family ; Thomas 
Thackara and family ; William Bates and family ; 
George Goldsmith, an old man, and Thomas 
Sharp, a young man, both without families. They 

*First Emigrant Settlers of Newton Township of 
New Jersey.— Clement, 
tlbid, page 49. 



sailed from Dublin harbor Sept. 19, 1681, and ar- 
rived at Elsinburg, Salem county, N. J., on the 
19th of November following. They went to Bur- 
lington to see the commissioner and obtained a 
warrant of the surveyor-general, Daniel Leeds. 
Thomas Sharp says: "After some considerable 
search to and fro in that then was called the third 
or Irish tenth, are at last pitched upon the place 
now called Newton, which was before the settle- 
ment of Philadelphia ; and then applied to said 
surveyor, who came and laid it out for us ; and 
the next spring, being the beginning of the year 
1682, we all removed from Salem together." 

William Hates took two hundred and fifty acres 
on the south side of Newton creek, which was 
surveyed for him March 10. 1682. At the upper 
end of this tract he built his home. Two years 
later he had two hundred and fifty acres more 
surveyed for him adjoining the first purchase ; and 
subsequently lie purchased other land adjoining 
of Robert Turner. He also bad an interest in 
common in the meadow land at trie mouth of 
Kaighn'srun. "As the master mechanic, there 
can be no doubt who planned and built the first 
meeting house at Newton in Hi- I ; who construct- 
ed the rude seats and erected the plain, unpre- 
tending galleries, in which sat the forefathers of 
this people, who were faithfully carrying out the 
belief and the form of religious worship brought 
with them across the sea. To the descendants of 
William Bates this is a reminiscence worthy to be 
remembered, and to be told to theii children, be- 
coming more interesting as the lapse of time in- 
creases."* 

William Bates was elected a member of the 
Legislature of West New Jersey in 1683 : and 
was appointed constable the same year. He was 
again elected to the Legislature in 1684, and was 
appointed one of the commissioners for laying out 
highways the same year. His children were bom 
in Ireland. William Bates died in 1700. leaving 
a will.* 

The children of William Kates were : 
Jeremiah Bates ; married Mary Spicer. 
Joseph Bates ; married Mercy Clement in 1701. 
William Bates, married. 

Abigail Bates ; married Joshua Frame in 1687. 
Sarah Bates ; married Simeon Ellis in 1692. 
Simeon Ellis died in 1715. disposing of his 
property among bis children by will. His per- 
sonal effects amounted to two hundred and fifty- 
three pounds, sterling, by appraisement. The es- 
tate of Simeon Ellis was much above the average 
of that time.* 

Children of Simeon and Sarah (Bates) Ellis : 
Thomas Ellis, married Catharine Collins 1722. 
♦First Settlers of Newtou Township —Clement. 



15 

Joseph Ellis, married 

William Ellis, married Sarah Collins. 

Simeon Ellis, married 

Jonathan Ellis, mar'd Mary Hollingshead 1737. 

Mary Ellis, married 

Sarah Ellis, married John Kay in 1730. 

Jonathan Ellis was born in Newton township, 
Gloucester (now Camden) County, N. J.; died 
intestate at Haddonfield. N. J., while yet a young 
man, as his widow remarried in 1757. He mar- 
ried Mary Hollingshead at Chester Meeting, Bur- 
lington county. N. .1.. in 1737. She wasadaugh- 
ter of William Hollingshead, son of John, by his 
wife Elizabeth Adams. William Hollingshead 
married Elizabeth Adams, at John Adams' house 
in Burlington county, N. J., in 1692.J They 
were members of the Society of Friends at Chester 
Meeting, Burlington county, N. J. Elizabeth 
Adams was born in the city of Beading, Berks 
county, England, 1064, and was a daughter of 
John Adams by his wife Elizabeth Fenwick. John 
and Elizabeth (Fenwick) Adams, with their 
three children— Elizabeth, aged 11 years; Fen- 
wick, aged 9 years, and Mary, aged 4 years- 
came to America with the Fenwick colony in 1675. 
In a memorandum in the hand-writing of Samuel 
Hedge who came to America anno 1675, in the 
ship "Griffin," with John Fenwick and his colo- 
nists, and afterward married his daughter, Anna 
Fenwick, says : "The Shipp called the Griffin ar- 
rived Dellaware River in Wch. sd. shipp Came 
those persons hereafter named, being the first 

English shipp was bound to this part of ye prov- 
eum 

ince Imp John Fenwick Esqr of the county 

of Berks late pproietr of Salem Tenth in the pro- 
vince of New West Jersey, deceased, W.th him 3 
daughters, Elizabeth, Anna and presilea alsoe 
John Adams - husband to the sd Elizabeth of 
Bedding in the county of Berks : Weaver, & 3 
childrn Elizabeth Aged 11 years, ffeuwick aged 
9 years. & Mary Adams aged 4 years." In 1664 
the Duke of York conveyed^to Lord Berkeley and 
Sir George Carteret the province of New Jersey. 
Lord Berkeley's claim was then an undivided half 
subsequently known as West New Jersey. In 
1673 John Fenwick and Edward Byllinge, mem- 
bers of the society of Friends, purchased Lord 
Berkeley's claim for £1000.* It was conveyed to 
Fenwick in trust for Byllinge. This tract was 
afterward divided into one hundred parts, called 
tenths. One tenth belonged to John Fenwick. 
" In 1675 Fenwick set sail to visit the new pur- 
chase, and in a ship, from London, called the 
Griffith. Arriving after a good passage he landed 
at a pleasant, rich spot, situate near the Dela- 
*New Jersey Historical Collections, Barber & Howe, 
page 18. 



16 

ware, by him railed Salem. "t The county of 
Salem was therefore named by John Fenwick, 
and distinguished as his tenth. It then included 
within its limits Salem, Cumberland and Cape 
May counties, more than 242,000 acres. " Jona- 
than Ellis lived in Haddonlield. where he bought 
a lot on the west side of main street of John Gill, 
in 1733. He built a house on this lot, and sold 
the property to John Kaighn in 1736."} 

Children of Jonathan and Mary ( Hollingshead ) 

Ellis : 

Rebecca Ellis, married ('apt. Thomas Reading. 

Capt. Joseph Ellis, married Mary Hinchnian in 

lTliO. 

Mary Ellis, married William Montgomery. 

Captain Thomas Reading was one of the fore- 
most men in Hunterdon county— prominent in 
both church and state. He was an ardent patriot 
and took an active part during the war of the 
Revolution. February 0, 177<! he was chosen by 
Congress captain of the sixth company, third New 
Jersey regiment, commanded by Colonel Dayton.* 

lie was in the expedition against Canada and 
took a prominent part in the operations before 

Quebec in 1770. 

"In June 1778 he was appointed one of the 
agents if the state for procuring provisions for the 
use of the army, and other supplies for carrying 
on the war, in" which capacity he rendered valu- 
able services. "* He was a justice of the peace 
for Hunterdon County for many years, and also 
one of the judges of the court of common pleas. 
He was a member and trustee of the Old Am well 
Presbyterian Church; he was one of the founders 
of the' Presbyterian Church of Flemington, its first 
elder with power "to conduct divine worshipand 
' read a sermon when the pastor was absent," and 
one of its first trustees. }} 

Captain Thomas Reading was a man of large 
wealth, having inherited extensive landed in- 
terests in Sussex. Morris and Hunterdon counties 
horn his father. Among the estates was Walnut 
drove, the homestead of more than four hundred 
acres, which descended by entail to his oldest son, 
Captain Joseph Reading. Captain Thomas Read- 
ing was a true, faithful, conscientious, broad and 
liberal man-pure and above reproach in both his 
public and private life. 

He was of imposing personal appearance, large, 
well proportioned and courtly in manner. He was 
•(Ireat, in virtues that adorned his life. 
Great, in the annals of his native state, 
Great, in his fearless championship of right; 
In every trust and station Great." 

tSmith's History of New Jersey. 
[First Settlers oi" Newton Township. 
■ History of Reading Family, page 52. 
tJHistoryof the Presbyterian 'hurchof Flemington. 
N. J.— Dr. Mott page 7. 



Children of Thomas and Pebecca (Ellis) Reading 
Joseph Reading, born about 1762 
Thomas Reading, born July '21, 1764 
Mary Reading, born probably in 1766 
Ellis Reading, born probably in 1768 
George Reading, 
James Reading, 
Deborah Reading, born in 1777 
Elizabeth Reading, born Aug. 21, 177* 
Sarah Reading. 

Captain Joseph Reading, son of Captain Thomas, 
was born at "Walnut Grove." the Reading home- 
stead about two miles northeast of Flemington, 
Hunterdon County, N. J., .about 1762; died at 
sea in 1808; married Martha Hill, of Amwell, 
March 1, 17Hlt. James Hill the emigrant, came 
from Yorkshire, England, probably in 1677, as he 
was one of the original settlers of Bucks county, 
Pa., and located there in 1681. His son, Joseph 
Hill, an only child, removed to Amwell township 
Hunterdon county, N. J., and died there prior to 
17-2!). as his widow, Frances Hill, transferred real 
estate to Joseph Reed at that time. 
Children of Joseph and Frances Hill: 
Jonathan Hill 
Samuel Hill. 
Samuel Hill, (Josephs, Jamesi, ) was born 1717; 
died 17S5. He was a farmer living on the north 
side of Neshanic Creek, in Amwell township, 
Hunterdon county, N.J. He was a member and 
an elder of the Presbyterian church at Ewing for 
many years. He was one of the founders of the 
First Amwell Presbyterian church, and contribu- 
ted to the fund for building a parsonage for said 
church in 1753. The subscription paper is still 
on tile and his name is attached.* Samuel Hill 
was prominent in church affaiis, and a man of 
strict integrity. The maiden name of his wife, 
date of marriage, and date of her death have not 
been ascertained. 

Children of Samuel Hill : 

Samuel, Jonathan, Isaac, Richard. William, 

Sarah and Mary. 

Samuel Hill (Samuels, Joseph*, James' ) died in 
1824. His will is dated May 12, 1820, and was 
probated Jan. 24, 1824. Married 1 1 ) Martha Car- 
man, born 1750, daughter of Samuel Carman, born 
1718, by his wife Mary Carman ; (2) Sarah Trout. 
Samuel Hill lived on a farm which he purchased of 
Thomas Cordon, located about one mile south of 
what is now Flemington, N.J. He was one of 
the foundeisof the Flemington Presbyterian 
church in 1792, and one of its first trustees. At a 
meeting held in Flemington, Jan. 9, 1702, " Jas- 
per Smith, eounsellor-at-law, Thomas Reading, 

*History of Presbyterian Church Flemington, N. J., 
page 14. 



Esq., Captain Arthur Gray and Charles Reading. 
Messrs. Cornelius Polhemus, Samuel Hill and Jo- 
seph Capner" were elected and incorporated as 
" The Trustees of the Flemington English Pres- 
byterian Church in Amwell. iu the county of 
Hunterdon & State of N. J."| 

Children of Samuel & Martha (Carman) Hill : 

Martha Hill, married Joseph Reading, March 
1. 1789. 

Isaac Hill, m. (1) Mary Welch ; (2) Margaret 
Yard. 

Jonathan Hill. 

Captain Joseph Reading resided at Reading 
Mills, later known as Mettler's, and now (1900) 
Stover's Mills. He was a member of the old 
Aniwell First Presbyterian church ; signed a pa- 
per circulated, bearing date June 23, 1791, sta- 
ting " why it was desired to form a Presbyterian 
Church in Flemington, and agreeing to enter into 
such an organization:" j and was one of the found- 
ers of that church. He was a sea captain, died at 
sea, was brought to New York city, and buried 
in a vault. 

Children of Captain Joseph & Martha (Hill) 
Reading : 

Anna Reading, born Nov. 22. 17-!). 

Thomas W. Reading, born Feb. 19, 1792. 

Francis Reading, born Dec. 17, 17!)-. 

Francis beading was born at Reading Mills, 
Hunterdon county, N. J., Dec. 17. 17!)* : died at 
Quakertown, N. J., March 13, 1863; married 
Anne Bowne, Dec. 17. 1818. 

Children of Francis & Anne ( Bowne) Reading : 

Anne Reading, born Oct. 14, 181!): died same 
year. 

Joseph Reading, born Nov. 16, 1820 ; died Dec. 
i:>. is;;:;. 

Amanda Reading, born April 11, 1822; died 
April 7, 1H93. 

"William Reading, born April 4, 1824 ; died 
Feb. 26, 1881. 

Martha Reading, born Feb. 13, 1826 : died lst;7. 

Oscar F. Reading, born Feb. 13, 1828. 

Anne Reading, born March 30, 1830 ; died Sept. 
15, 1845. 

Henry S. Reading, born May 12. 1834; died 
Feb. 26, 1888. 

John B. Reading, born April 4, 1836. 

Gideon E. Reading, born March 4, 1838. 

Miller K. Reading, born Jan. 7, 1840. 

Charles H. Bowne, (William 5 , James 4 , John 3 , 
Jamesz, William', ) was born in Hunterdon county, 
N. J., April 29, 1800 ; married Sarah Ann Apgar, 
born in Hunterdon county, N. J., in 1798, died at 
Castle Valley, Bucks county, Pa,, June 12, 1860. 
tlbid page 22. 
{Ibid page 20. 



17 

She wasa daughter of Herbert(2) Apgar, born 1769, 
by his wife Mary Crammer. He was a son of Her- 
bert^ 1 ) by his wife Ann Eick. Herbert(l ) was a 
son of "Johan Adam Apgar (or Ebgert) who came 
from the borders of Lombardy, in Italy, to Phila- 
delphia, Pa.. Sept. l::. 1749. at which time Johan 
Adam Ebgert's name was signed by the clerk to 
the oath of allegiance."* He settled in Tewkes- 
bury township, Hunterdon county, N. J. 

Children of Charles H. & Sarah Ann (Apgar) 
Bowne : 

Joseph Bowne, born May 7, 1833. 

Charles M. Bowne, born Jan. IT), 1835. 

Catharine Bowne, born May 17, 1838. 

Monroe W. Bowne, born May If), 1840. 

Mary Bowne, born May 13, 1842. 

Catharine Bowne, (William?, James 4 , John 3 , 
Jamesz, William', ) was born in Hunterdon coun- 
ty, N. J., in 1802; married Charles Lock about 
1843. He was a mason by trade, and lived in 
Philadelphia. 

Children of Charles & Catharine (Bowne) Lock: 

Charles Lock, Jr., born 1*45. 

Josephine Lock, born 1850. 

Obadiah Bowne, (John 2 , William',) was born 
at Holmdel, Monmouth county, N. J., July 18, 
1666; died at Westfield, Monmouth county, N. J., 
1726; married (1) his cousin, Elizabeth Bowne, 
daughter of Gov. Andrew bowne. (2) Elizabeth 
Lonjitield. 

Children of Obadiah and Elizabeth (Bowne) 
1 low tie : 

John Bowne, 
Ann Bowne, 
Lydia Bowne. 

Children of Obadiah and Elizabeth (Longfield) 
Bowne: 

Mary Bowne, born May 22, 1712. 
< >badiah Bowne, 
Thomas Bowne, 
Cornelius Bowne. 

The last named children were all minors at the 
time of their father's death in 1726. 

John Bowne, (Obadiah4, Obadiah 3 , John 2 , Wil- 
liam', ) was born at W'estrield, Monmouth county, 
N. J.; died 1775; married Mary Lippet, He was 
a prominent man in Monmouth during his time, 
and was judge of the county court as early as 
1741. His will was probated 1775.f 

Children of John and Mary (Lippet) Bowne: 
Andrew Bowne, died without issue 1782. 
Lydia Bowne. married James Grover, Jr. 

Catharine Bowne, married—— Crawford 

and had children: 
John Crawford, 
William Crawford, 
Esther Craw ford. 

*Early Germans in New Jersey— Chambers. 
fNew Jersey wills. 



18 



Obadiab Bowne, (Obadiah3, John 2 , Williami, 
'was born at Westfield, Monmouth county, N. J., 
died April 29, 1764; married Anna Reid Dec. 12, 
1749;1 She was born Feb. L8, 1724, daughter of 
Col. John Reid, by his wife Mary Sands. He was 
born at Amboy, N. J., .Inly 27, 1086; died June 
1. 1777; married Dec. 17. 1721. Col. John Reid 
was a son of John Reid, born at Niddry Castle, 
Scotland. Feb. 13. 1656; died Nov. 16, 1723; mar- 
ried Margaret, daughter of Henry Miller. Nov. 
29, 1678. She was born in 1644; died May 1. 
1728, aged 84 years. John Reid emigrated from 
Scotland, with his wife and three children and 
came to New Jersey Dee. 9, 1683. Upon his ar- 
rival lie became deputy surveyor to the province, 
and an engraved map drawn by him, of lands on 
the Raritan river, and in other localities, is in the 
library of the N. .1. Historical Society. In KiS6 
he received a grant of two hundred acres of land 
in Monmouth county, from the Proprietors which 
he called " Horteusia" and to which he removed 
Nov. 26, 1687. 

The same year he was one of the commissioners 
to settle the boundary between East and West 
Jersey: he was a member of the Council of East 
Jersey in 1696. He was several years a member 
of the East Jersey assembly after the union of the 
two provinces, and of subsequent ones; he was ap- 
pointed surveyor-general in Hit:!; from 1709 until 
1714 he was one of the land commissioners: and 
in 1711 he was president judge of the court of 
quarter sessions of Monmouth county. He was 
the author of " < >l>servations on the Laws of New- 
Jersey.*' 

Children of Obadiah and Anna ( Reid) Bowne: J 
John Bowne, born Feb. !>. 1751. 
Mars Bowne, horn July 17, 17."):*;; died Jan. 

10, 1756. 
Obadiab Bowne, horn Nov. 26, 1754. 
Andrew Bowne, horn Aug. 8, 1756. 
Son, horn April 1, 1758; died Apr. 2, 1758. 
Philip Bowne, horn May 21, 17.")!). 
Frederic Bowne, horn Sept. 11, 17H<>. 
Anna Bowne, horn, Jan. 28, 17li:i. 
Catharine Bowne, horn Feb. 18, 1704. 
Thomas Bowne, (Obadiah3, John 2 , William, 1 ) 
was horn at Westfield, Monmouth county, N. J.; 
married Helen Reid Dec. 26, 1717. t She was a 
daughter of Col. John Reid by his wife Mary 
Sands, born March 29, 1728; died Dec. 2, 1807. 
Thomas Bowne died prior to Sept. 11. 1774, as 
his widow married 2 | Benjamin Garrison at that 
time. 

; New [ersey Marriage Licenses at Trenton. 

*The Reading and other Families by Col Leach, page 
S4 : Supplement to Bartow Genealogy by Rev. Evelyn 
pii rpont Bartow. 

Bartow Genealogy, page 248. 



Children of Thomas and Helen (Reid) Bowne : 
John Bowne, born Nov. 17, 1748. 
Obadiab Bowne, horn Dec. 21, 1751. 
Lewis Bowne, horn Dec. 10, 1755. 
Andrew Bowne, (James 2 , Williami,) was horn 
in Middletown. Monmouth county, N. J.; died 
about 1710; married Anna Seabrook. Andrew 
Bowne died prior to 1712, as his widow married 
Rev. John Bray that year, by whom she had 
two sons, Daniel and Andrew Dray. 

Children of Andrew and Anna (Seabrook) 
Bowne: 

Neheniiah Bowne, horn July 6, 1708. 
Peter Bowne, born 1710. 
Neheniiah Bowiy? died in 1736, leaving a will 
probated the same year. He mentions wife 
Deborah; brothers Peter Bowne, Daniel Pray and 
Andrew Bray. He also speaks of his " dutiful 
daughter Mary Fisher.*" who was very probably a 
stepdaughter, as it is not likely that he had an 
own daughter, grown and married, he being only 
twenty-eight years old at the time of his death. 

Peter Bowne, (Andrew3, James*, Williami,) 
was horn in Monmouth county, N. J., 1710; died 
in Lower Freehold, Monmouth county, N. J., 
177:!; married Deliverance Holmes. The will of 
Peter Bowne of Lower Freehold was proved Sep- 
tember 7, 1773. Executors, Joseph Bowne, (son) 
& John Vandevere. 

Children of Peter and Deliverance (Holmes) 
Bowne: 

Joseph Bowne, married Hannah Anderson. 
David Bowne married Mary Nicols in 17S4 

and had children: 
John, Deliverance, Peter, Anna. Sarah, Wil- 
liam, Hilda, Eleanor and Jonathan. 

Jonathan Bowne • married (1) Van 

Brackle; (2) Hannah Pittenger, 1786, and had 
children:— John, William, and Mary. 

Joseph Bowne, (Peter4, Andrew3, James 2 , Wil- 
liam 1 ,) was born in Lower Freehold, Monmouth 
county, N. J., May 17, 1735; died in 1812; mar- 
ried Hannah Anderson July 18 1763.* She was 
horn in 17:59; died 1823. In a dvvd dated 1799, 
he is called "Joseph Bowne of Freehold," and 
sells land on the Metetecunk River. The deed is 
signed by Joseph and Hannah Bowne, and is wit- 
nessed by Janus Bowne. Joseph Bowne was a 
soldier in the army of the American Revolution, 
and on his farm. June 28, 1778, was fought the 
battle of Monmouth, one of the most sanguinary 
battles of the Revolutionary war. It is not possi- 
ble to describe what must have been the mental 
anguish of Joseph Bowne on that memorable morn- 
ing as he went into battle facing the flower of the 
British army — the British and Hessian Grenadiers. 
♦New Jersey Marriage Licenses at Trenton. 



19 



He had not only to witness the desolation of his 
home, but he did not know, lie could not have 
known, the fate of his own family, the wife and 
seven small children, one an infant in its mother's 
arms, driven from their home into the woods and 
swamps to suffer hunger and thirst, and danger of 
capture by a cruel and relentless foe. After two 
days they returned to find their home in ruins. 
The depredations and devastations of the British 
army, in some parts of Freehold, exceeded any 
others they made in their route through the state. 
In the neighborhood just above Freehold they 
burnt and destroyed eight dwelling houses, all on 
adjoining farms, besides barns and other outbuild- 
ings. Below the town they burnt four more 
houses.! After the battle of Monmouth had been 
fought, and the British army had retreated from 
the Held of battle, Joseph Bowne knew his home 
was in ruins. 

Joseph Bowne is buried at Tennent. near Free- 
hold, Monmouth county. N. J. 

Children of Joseph and Hannah Anderson 
Bow ne: 

Hannah Bowne, born March 31, 1764. 
Obadiah Bowne, born Aug. li), 17<i.">. 
John Bowne, M. I)., born Sept. 2, 17<i7. 
Anna Bowne, born March 2:!. 1 770. 
Peter Bowne, born June '.'7. 1 77J. 
.lames Bowne, born Sept. 20, 177.">. 
David Bowne, horn Oct. 1. 1777. 
Catharine How tie, born June 12, 1779. 
Lydia Bowne, bom Feb. 28, 17-1. 
John Bowne, M. 1)., (Josephs, Peter4, Andrew3, 
.lames 2 . William 1 , i was born at Freehold, .Mon- 
mouth county, N. J., September 2, 17H7; died at 
Bowne Station, Hunterdon county, N. J., Nov. 4, 
1857; married Ann Corle, June 14, 1794. She 
was born March 5, 1770; died Feb. 18, 1856, and 
was a daughter of Samuel Corle by bis wife Catha- 
rine De Reimer, daughter of Abraham DeReimer. 
Dr. Bowne was born on the farm on which was 
fought the Battle of Monmouth, during the Revo- 
lutionary war. There his childhood, youth, and 
early manhood was spent. He was licensed to 
practice medicine and surgery Aug. 3, 1791, and 
settled in Prallville, Hunterdon county, X. J., in 
the autumn of the same year. He rode on horse- 
back from Monmouth and carried with him his 
clothing, medicine and equipments. At the 
time of his marriage, Dr. Bowne located at 
what is now Bowne Station, on the Flemington 
R. R., on a farm inherited by his wife from her 
grandfather, Abraham De Reimer, a wealthy 
French Savant. Here he lived until his death, 
having an extensive and successful practice. He 
was considered a careful and prudent physician 
fHistoiical Colltctions of New Jersey, p. 344. 



and surgeon, and remarkable for his energy and 
perseverance. In 1818 he was elected a member 
of the Cliosophic Society of Princeton College. In 
l-.",0 he received the degree of M. I), from the 
Medical Society of New Jersey. Dr. Bowne was 
fifty years a ruling elder in the Second Amwell 
Presbyterian Church. 

Children of Dr. John and Ann (Corle) Bowne: 
Cornelia Bowne, born May 3, 1795; died May 

lb. 1802. 
Joseph Gardiner Bowne, born March 28, 1S04. 
Hon. Joseph Gardiner Bowne, (Dr. John6, 
Josephs, Peter4, Andrew;,, James 2 , William', was 
born at what is now Bowne Station, Hunterdon 
county. N. J.. March 28, 1804;died Jan. 12. 1888. 
married (1) Mary S. Barber Jan. 20, 1830; (2) 
Sarah Kirkpatrick Feb. 11. 1846. 

He was highly respected for his integrity, high 
religious standing, and unsullied reputation as a 
man. He was State Senator in 1868-70. 

Children of Joseph G. and Mary S. (Barber) 
Bowne: 

John Milton Bowne, born Sept. is, 1831. 
Cornelia Bowne, born Aug. 20, 1833. 

John Milton Bowne, (Hon. Joseph Gardiner,? 
Dr. .I0I1116, Joseph 5 , Peter4. Andrews, James 2 , 
William', ) was bom in Hunterdon county, N. J., 
Sept. 18, 1-:U : died Aug. 31, 1863; married Ann 
Mary Fisher Dec. 28,1852. She was born June 
1, I-:'.:!: and died in Newark, N. J., June 14, 
1901. She was a daughter of John C. Fisher, by 
his wife, Cornelia Maria Skillman. 

Children of John Milton and Ann Mary (Fish- 
er 1 Bowne: 

James O. Bowne, born Feb. 28, 1855; married 
Addie M. Throp, Jan. l(i, 1879. 

Joseph Holmes Bowne, horn Sept. 25, 1856; 
married Ida S. Holcombe, April 22, 1880. 

Mary B. Bowne, born Oct. 18, 1658; died Sept. 
19: 1863. 

John Addison Bowne, born Sept. 15, 1863; 
married Caroline C. Middlebrook May 13, 1885. 
Caroline Crane Middlebrook was born May 23, 
1S62; her father was Stephen Allen Middlebrook, 
wbo was a grandson of Stephen Allen, at one 
time Mayor of New York City; her mother's 
maiden name was Sarah Jane Hayes. John Ad- 
dison Bowne is a member of the Martin & Bowne 
Co., New York City. 

Children of J. Addison and Caroline C. (Mid- 
dlebrook) Bowne: 

Ethel Middlebrook Bowne, born Nov. 3, 1886. 

Adele Bowne, Dec. 4, lS96;died July 28, 1897. 

Evelyn Bowne, born Sept. 29, 1899. 

Cornelia M. Bowne. born Sept. 15, 1X63; mar- 
ried Theodore P. Huffman, April 8, 1886. 



Bowue, James, 
Bowne, John, 
Bowne, John, 
Bowne, Joseph, 
Bowne, Joseph, 



20 

OFFICIAL MAKRIAGE LIST, OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE, 

Bowne Andrew, Monmouth Co., married Mary Barcalow, Monmouth Co 

Bowne, Henry, Hunterdon Co., married Charity Hof? 

Monmouth Co., married Elizabeth O. Hartshorn, 

Monmouth Co., married Catherine Bishherry, 

Monmouth Co., married Frances Bowman, 

Monmouth Co., married Sarah Schenck, 

Monmouth Co., married Hannah Anderson, 

Bowne! Obadiah, Monmouth Co., married Anna Reid, 

Bowne, Obadiah, Monmouth Co, married Susanna De Bowe 

Bowne, Philip, Burlington Co., married Mary Taylor, Burlington Co. 

Bowne, Philip, Burlington Co, married Sarah Wilson, 

Bowne, Safety, Monmouth Co, married Phebe Moxden, Monmouth Co. 

Bowne Samuel, Monmouth Co, married Mary Layton, Monmouth Co. 

Bowne. Samuel, Monmouth Co, married Patience Conover, Monmouth Co. 

Bowne. Samuel, Monmouth Co, married Marg't De Bowe, Monmouth Co 

Bowne, Thomas, Monmouth Co, married Helen Reid, Monmouth Co 

Bowne, William, Monmouth Co, married Phebe Davis, Monmouth Co 

Bowne, William. New York, married Sarah Newbold, 



TRENTON, N, J. 

, October 11, 1765. 

June 30, 1784. 

August IT, 1743. 

May 27, 1752. 

December 20, 1692. 

June 13. 1757. 

July IS, 17<i:S. 

Decern her 12, 1749. 

April 3, 1770. 
, March 11, 1705. 

January 10, 1778. 
, April 22, 1743. 
, November 28, 1751. 
, September , 1754. 
.. April 16, 1763. 
., December 26, 1747. 
., July 28, 1755. 
May 11, 1791. 



OFFICIAL MARRIAGE LIST, PREVIOUS TO 1784, STATE OF NEW YOLK. 



Bowne, 

Bowne, 
Bowne, 
Bowne, 
Bowne, 
Bowne, 
Bowne, 
Bowne, 
Bowne, 
Bowne, 
Bowne, 
Bowne, 



Elizabeth, 

Elizabeth, 

Gersham, 

Gersham; 

Hannah, 

Joseph, 

Matilda, 

( >badiah, 

Phebe. 

Samuel, 

Sarah, 

Thomas, 



married Edward Antill, 

married John Haward, 

married Elizabeth Gildersleave, 

married Amity Fnrman, 

married Towusend Willetts, 

married Sarah Mitchell, 

married Peter Hunt, 

married Elizabeth Van Dyck, 

married Lyonel Baker, 

married Mary Stocker, 

married Jacamiah Mitchell, 

married Elizabeth Carpenter, 



September 10, 1686. 
August 24, 1757. 
December 2, 1773. 
February 4. 1763. 
February 24, 1783. 
February 2, 1762. 
November IS, 1772. 

1780. 

1760. 

1778. 

1758. 

1777. 



BOWNE WILLS IN NEW JERSEY. 



Will of Obadiah Bowne,"' Monmouth county, 
made 1725. 

Sons, John. Cornelius, Obadiah and Thomas. 
Mentions three daughters Ann, Lydia and Mary. 
The sons receive a tract of land called Westlield, 
Monmouth county, "whereon I now live" also 
land and meadow at Chinqueroras, "which was 
-ranted and conveyed to me by my brother John 
Bowne deceased, by deed dated January 13th, 
1715.". Also land conveyed by patent to John, 
from Proprietors 1700 (July Kith.) 

The three sons Cornelius, Thomas and Obadiah 
were minors when the father died. Mary was 
also a minor, from wording of the will. 

Executors, (Son) John Bowne, Garratt Schenck 
and Daniel 1 lendrickson. 

Witnesses, James Paul, Lawrence Thomasse 

and Lawrence Smith. 
*Son of Captain John Bowue, ist. Died 1826. 



Codicil, April 26th, 1726. 

Witnesses. Luke Collingwood, James Paul, 

Wm. Brown. 

Recorded at Perth Amboy, N. J. 



Will of James Bowne, Middletown, Monmouth 
county, recorded 1750. 

Eldest daughter Rachel, 2nd. daughter Sarah, 
3rd. daughter Anna, 4th. daughter Leah, only 
son Philip, then daughters mentioned, Hulda, 
Edith and Margaret. James above, had a brother 
obadiah, to whom he gave property at Barnegat. 
His father was James Bowne. 

Executors, (his friend) James Mott, Barzillia 
Newbold, (calls him his brother,) and executrix, 
daughter Rachel Bowne. 

Witnesses, Thomas Cooper. Matthias John- 
son, Patrick Foy and Samuel Bowne, Jr. 



Samuel Bowne died intestate, letters of adminis- 
tration to his wife Esther Bowne, dated March 
8th, 1756. 

Will of Obadiah Bowne, Middletown, 1761. 
His wife was Catharine, daughter Mary Ann, 
and daughter Mary. Sons James, Gershom, Philip, 
daughter Matilda, Ann, Son Samuel, Obadiah. 

Executors, John Van Brackle, and son Oba- 
diah Bowne. 

Witnesses, Edward Andrews, Win. Browne, 
Andnw Bran nan. 

Will of Obadiah Bowne, Middletown, recorded 
1774. 

Mentions wife* Susannah, daughter Rachael, 
son James. 

Executors, his wife Susannah, Esek Harts- 
horn, Jonathan Herbert. 

Witnesses, Thomas Hartshorn, Cornelay 
Johnson, Robert Hartshorn. (The two Harts- 
horns who were Quakers, affirmed l. 

Will of John Bowne,f Middletown, recorded 
1775. 

Wife mentioned, no name, only son Andrew. 
Daughters, Lydia,; and Catharine. Had brothers 
< >hadiah, Thomas. 

Executors, (Son) Andrew Bowne, son-in-law, 
James Grover. Mentions his Uncle Ca.pt. John 
Bowne. 

Gershom Bowne. Letters of administration to 
Samuel ionium on the estate of Gershom Bowne 
deceased, issued April 26th, 17?:>. From word- 
ing, might be unmarried and quite young. 

Will of Peter Bowne of Lower Freehold, re- 
corded July 1774. 

Wife mentioned several times but no name. 
Eldest son, Joseph, other sons. Jonathan and 
David, daughter Lydia. 

Executors. (Son) Joseph Bowne, John Van- 
devere. 

Witnesses, Nathaniel Scudder, Garret Wi- 
koff, John Pittenger. 

Will of Andrew Bowne, recorded 1782-85. 

Leaves estate to his mother, ( Mt. Pleasant, 
Middletown). Mentions John Crawford and Wil- 
liam Crawford, "sons of my sister Catharine 
Crawford." Mentions Catharine Crawford's 
daughter, Esther Crawford. 

Executors, Wm. Crawford, Robt. Hartshorn, 
Jerriet Wall. 

* Married Susannah De Bowe, April 3, 1770' 

t Judge, Monmouth Co.. 174L Married Mary I.ippet. 

J Married James Grover. Jr., 1752. 



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Witnesses, Wm. Hendrickson, Safety Bowne, 
Richard Crawford. 



Will of James Bowne, Monmouth county, N. J., 
(Middletown) May 27th, 1*07. 

"To Samuel & Joseph Bowne, sons of Joseph 
Bowne," etc., etc. To two neices Anna & Catha- 
rine Winter, daughter of Andrew & Rachael Win- 
ter. To two nephews Andrew & Obadiah Winter, 
and their brother James Winter. Piece of wood- 
land to last named was bought of John Stout. 

Witnesses, John Still well, John De Bowe, 
Patience Tilton. 

Recorded at Freehold, N. J., July 24th, 1807. 

Executors, Joseph Bowne & Andrew Winter. 



Will of John Bowne, of South A m boy, Middle- 
sex county, 1 305. 

Administrator. James Morgan, June 12th, 1S05. 

Will of Jonathan Bowne, Middletown, Mon- 
mouth county. To his wife Deborah Bowne, to 
daughter Ursila Bowne, to son Richard Bowne, 
last named executor, etc., etc. 

Witnesses, Joseph Bowne, John De Bowe, 
Thomas Walling. 



Will of Capt. John Bowne,* 2nd, made 1714. 

Mentions -'Sister, Sarah Salter" also to Ger- 
shom Mott for use of their children, etc. To 
Joseph Dennis a sum of money. To Jeremiah 
White a sum of money. To Thomas Salter and 
John Salter, Hannah Lincoln and to Win. Harts- 
horn's three eldest children a sum of money. 
Balance between his Brother Obadiah Bowne and 
brother (-in-law), Richard Salter. 

Witness, James Paul, Joseph Dennis, Mar- 
garet Commen. 

Will of Nehimiah Bowne, t probated 1736. 

Mentions wife Deborah, brother-in-law, Daniel 
Bray & Andrew Braw, Brother, Peter Bowne, 
and speaks of his daughter, Mary Fisher. 



NOTE: Owing to imperfect copy, there may he 
errors in the above abstracts. 



Deborah Bowne, (Capt. Johnz, Willi ami, ) was 
born at Holmdel, Monmouth County, N. ,L, Jan. 
26, 1668 ; married Gershom Mott, 1684. Gershom 
Mott was High Sheriff of Monmouth County, 
N. J., 1697-* ; member of the Provincial Assem- 
bly 1708, 1709 and 1710. 

In 1697, land was deeded to him by Obadiah 

Bowne, and in 1710 by Capt. John Bowne 2nd. 

* Died 1 716, no issue. 

t Son ot Andrew, died 1736. 



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In 1714, rapt. John Bowne's will mentions "Ger- 
shom Mott, for use of children," etc. 

Children of Gershom and Deborah (Bowne) 

Mott : 
John Mott. 
James Mott. 

Lincoln.— Hannah Lincoln is named in the will, 
dated Sept, 14, 1714, of Capt. John Bowne :2nd. 
Mordecai Lincoln is named in a letter dated April 
25th, 17 Hi. from John Salter to Ohadiah Bowne ; 
he speaks of "my brother Lincoln and my brothers 
Thomas and Mordecay." This letter is preserved 
by James G. Crawford, living near Freehold. 
Abraham Lincoln, blacksmith, of Monmouth, 
conveyed to Thomas Williams. 1737, 240 acres of 
land near Crosswick. county aforesaid. The consid- 
eration money for both tracts containing 44<) acres 
was £.">!»(). and furthermore, every year thereafter, 
forever, upon the feast of St. Michael the Arch- 
angel, the sum of one penny, good and lawful 
money. The sale of this land was preparatory to 
his removal to Pennsylvania. The will of Abra- 
ham Lincoln was dated at Springfield, Chester 
county, Pa.. April 15th,T745. Mordecai. Lincoln 
married Hannah, daughter of Richard and Sarah 
Bowne Salter previous to 1714, as in that year 
Hannah Lincoln is mentioned iu a will of Capt. 
John Bowne, :2nd. The settlement of this estate 
involved a tedious lawsuit which is noted in Book 
No. 1, Minutes of Court, Freehold. Mordecai 
Lincoln's will was admitted to probate at Phila- 
delphia, June 7, 1736, The plantation of xMor- 
decai contained 1000 acres situated in Exter, now 
Berks county, Pa. George Boone, named as a 
trustee in the will, was grandfather of the cele- 
brated Daniel Boone. Abraham Lincoln, the 
posthumous son, married Ann Boone, cousin of 
Daniel lloone. bhe celebrated Kentucky pioneer. 

About 1782, Abraham and his brother Thomas 
removed with their families to Beargrass Port. 
Kentucky, near where Louisville now stands, and 
Abraham's daughters Mary and Nancy were born 
in the fort. In the spring of 17-1, Abraham was 
planting seed near the fort when an Indian stole 
up and Shot him dead. Thomas, President Lin- 
coln's father, then a hoy six years old, was with 
his father in the field, and on hearing the report 
of the gun started lor the fort. The Indian pur- 
sued and captured him and started to run with 
him in his arms, when Mordecai. his ohlei brother, 
shot the Indian from the fort and killed him. 
The Indian fell face foremost upon the hoy who 
struggled from under the savage and ran back to 
the fort. Thomas Lincoln, who was the Presi- 
dent's father, married Nancy Hanks at or near 
Springfield, Washington county, Ky., Sept, 23, 
1806. The ancestor of Mordecai and Abraham 



Lincoln of Monmouth was Samuel Lincoln, a na- 
tive of Hingham, Norfolk county, England, who 
came to this country in 1637, and settled at Hing- 
ham. Mass.* 

Child of Thomas and Ann Hanks Lincoln : 
Abraham Lincoln, horn Feb. 12, 1809. 
William Bowne, (James?, William*, ) was born 
at Portland Point. Monmouth county. N. J. ; 
died 1700: married Rebecca Grover, 1704. His only 
child Hannah Bowne, (a posthumous child,) died 
unmarried before 17-20. William Bowne served 
on the grand jury of Monmouth in 1696. In 17:20 
his brother "James Bowne of Middletown, yeo- 
man," speaks of William Bowne, and his ( Wil- 
liam's) wife Rebecca as being "now- deceased." 

James Bowne, (James*, Williami,) was horn 
at Portland Point, Monmouth county, N. J.. 10(10. 

He was administrator of his father's estate in 1695. 

He served on the grand jury of Monmouth county. 

N. J., in 1696; and again in 1698. "James 

Bowne of Middletown, yeoman," was living in 

17-20. 

James Bowne married and had two sons, hut 
we have no record of his marriage, to whom, nor 
date of his death. Children of James Bowne. son 
of James Bowne by his w ife Mary Stout : 
James Bowne, died 1750. 
Ohadiah Bowne, died 1761. 
James Bowne, son of John and Elizabeth Bowne, 
married Elizabeth O. Hartshorne Aug. 17, 1743. 
She was a daughter of William and Elizabeth 
Hartshorne. William Hartshorne. born Feb. 29, 
1678, died Feb. -2D. 1747, was a son of Richard 
Hartshorne, the emigrant, by his wife Margaret 
Hartshorne. Richard Hartshorne. the founder of 
the family in New Jersey, was horn in Heatherne. 
Leicestershire. England ; died in Middletown. 
N. J., May 17:2:2. 

He is said to have been twenty-eight years old 
at the time of his emigration. 

"Richard Hartshorne, an English Friend or 
Quaker, emigrated to this country in May, 1666, 
and settled about that time on the Navisink river. 
This was among the first, if not the first perma- 
nent settlement made in Middletown. His place, 
called Portland Point, now remains in the posses- 
sion of his descendants." t 

"The celebrated Geo. Fox visited him in the 
spring of 107-2 on his vvaj to Friends' Meeting at 
Oyster Bay, L. 1. In the latter part of June of 
the same year. Fox again visited him. "J Rich- 
ard Hartshorne was elected Town Clerk of Mid- 
dletown, N. J.. June 29, 107r». and served as such 
till Jan. 1, 1077A" He was named for High 

*Salters Hist, of Monmouth Co., page XXXVIII. 
tNew Jei>ev Hist. Coll. pace 354. 
fSalter's Hist of Mon. LO page XXXIII. 
**Towu Bouk of Old .Middletown. page 60. 



Sheriff of Monmouth in 1683, but declined the 
office, t He was chosen a member of the Provincial 
Assembly. 1681 ; 1682 : in 1686 he was a member 
and Speaker of the Assembly. He was a member 
again in 1695, 1696, 1697, 1703 and 1704. He was 
a member of the Council, 1684, 1695, 1698, and 
1699. He was one of his "Majesty's Justices" 
as early as 1079. 

He held other positions of honor and trust. In 
1070. Richard Hartshorne had land in right of 
servants. 90 acres each 270 acres; right of Wil- 
liam Goulding and wife 240 acres : right of Robert 
Jones and wife 240 acres; Total 750 acres. He 
also owned a large tract of more than fifteen hun- 
dred acres at the Highlands, which also included 
Sandy Hook. He owned town lot number twen- 
ty-live in Middletown, which he bought of Wil- 
liam Goulding. "In the year 170:5. Richard 
Hartshorne made a <\<v<\ of gift of Highlands es- 
tate, including Sand j Hook, to his son William. 
After tins transaction he resided in the house now 
standing adjoining the Baptist parsonage. This 
house is probably the oldest in the county. He 
lived in this house until his death, in 1722, and was 
buried in the burial grounds adjoining thehouse." 
Children of Richard and Margaret Hartshorne : 

William Hartshorne married Elizabeth . 

Hugh Hartshorne married ('attorn Catharine 
Margaret Hartshorne. 

Children of William and Elizabeth Hartshorne: 
Esekiel Hartshorne. 
Robert Hartshorne. 
Elizabeth ( >. Hartshorne. 

James Bowne, James3, .lame-,. William,.) 
-was horn at Middletown. .Monmouth county. X. 
J. ; died in 1750. leaving a will probated the same 
year. He names seven daughters and one son. 
Philip. He married a Miss New hold, sister to 
Barzillai Newbold, whom he calls brother in his 
will recorded in 1750. She was probably a daugh- 
ter of Michel New bold, commissioned justice of 
the peace for Burlington county in 1701. was a 
son of Michel Newbold, who. in an affidavit of 
March 17, 1682, describes himself .as "of Sheffield, 
Park Gate in the county of York (England) yeo- 
man, aged 58 years oi thereabouts." James 
Bowne speaks of his brother Obadiah. to whom he 
gave property at Barneeat 

Children of James and (Margaret Newbold) 
Bowne : 

Rachel Bowne. married John Wall 1751. 
Sarah Bowne. 

Anna Bowne. married John Wall 1753. 
Leah Bowne. 

Philip Bowne. married Mary Taylor Mar. 11. 
1765. 
*Salter's Hist, of Moil. Co. page XXXIV. 



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Hulda Bowne. 

Edith Bowne. 

Margaret Bowne. 

Rachel Bowne was born in Middletown, N. J., 
prior to 17:'»0. as she was executrix of her father's 
will in 1750. She married John Wall of Middle- 
town, N. J., 1751 ; died prior to 1753, as John 
Wall married (2) her sister Anna Bowne that 
year. 

Philip Bowne. (James4, James3, James2, Wil- 
liam'.) was born in Middletown, N. J. He re- 
moved to Burlington county, N. J., settled at 
Bustleton and purchased fifty acres of land prior to 
the Revolutionary war. He was a blacksmith, 
and was succeeded as such by bis son Thomas, in 
1808. 

Philip Bowne married Mary Taylor of Burling- 
ton county. N. J.. Match 11, 1705. 

Children of Philip and Mary (Taylor) Bowne : 

Philip Bowne, married Sarah Wilson Jan. 10, 
170-. 

Thomas Bowne, married & lived near Burling- 
ton, N. J. 

obadiah Bowne, (James3, James*, Williami,) 

was born at Middletown. N. J. ; died 1761, leav- 
ing a will probated the same year. He mentions 
bis wife Catharine, five sons and four daughters. 
He is mentioned in the will of his brother James, 
probated in 1750. and receives property at Barne- 
gat. 

Children of Obadiah and Catharine Bowne : 
Mary Ann Bowne, married Gershom Ballroan 
1761. f 
Mary Bowne. 
James Bowne. 
Gershom Bowne. 
Philip Bowne. 

Matilda Bowne. married Peter Hunt Hov. 18, 
1772.** 

Ann Bowne. 
Samuel Bowne. 
< Hiadiah Bowne. 

Gershom Bowne, son of Obadiah Bowne by his 
wife Catharine, died unmarried in 177o. Letters 
of administration on the estate of Gershom Bowne 
were granted Samuel Forman April 26, 1773. i 

Samuel Bowne, (Obadiah4, James3, James2, 
Williami,) was born at Middletown, Monmouth 
county, N. J., married (1 Ursula Allen; (2) 
Margaret He Bowe April 10, 1763. April 1, 
1780, a party of Tories made a raid in Monmouth 
county, and among others, took "Mr. Bowne 
prisoner at Middletown, who, hut three days be- 
h Woodward's Hist, of Burl & Mercer Cos. page 328. 
fMarriage Licenses, Sec'y of State's office. Trenton, N. J 

**Xew York Marriage List, previous to 1784, Sec v of 
State, i860. 

JNew Jersey wills. 



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fore had been exchanged, and had just got 
home."*** February 8, 1782, about forty Refu- 
gees under Lieut. Steelnian took several prisoners 
among them "Samuel Bowne and son."t Samuel 
Bowne was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. J 

Child of Samuel and Ursula (Allen) Bowne : 

Jonathan Bowne. 

Child of Samuel and Margaret [De Bowe] 

Bowne : 

Joseph Bowne, bom 17<>r>. 

Jonathan Bowne, [Samuels, Obadiah4, James3, 
James 2 , William',] was born at Middletown, N. 
J., prior to 1763 : died in lsi)!> ; married Deborah 
Carman. He left a will probated 1809?, in which 
he mentions wife Deborah Bowne, daughter Ur- 
sula Bowne, and son Richard Bowne, last named 
was executor of his father's will. 

Children of Jonathan & Deborah [Carman] 
Bowne : 

Ursula Bowne. 
Richard Bowne. 

Joseph Bowne, [Samuels, Obadiah4, James3, 
James 2 , William*,] was born at Middletown, 
X. .1., 1765 ; married Ann, daughter of William 
Applegate by his wife Elizabeth Ogborne. 

Joseph Bowne, son of Samuel, was taxed in 
Middletown township in 1704 and 1797. He 
witnessed Jonathan Bonne's will in 1809*, and 
was one of the executors of .lames Bowue's will 
probated May 27, 1*07. 

Children of Joseph and Ann [Applegate] Bowne. 
Samuel Bowne, born 1800. 
Joseph Bowne, born 1801. 
Margaret Bowne, born 1S03. 
William Bowne, born 1803. 
Edward Bowne, born 1806. 
Obadiah Bowne, [Obadiah4, James3, James 2 , 
William 1 ,] was born at Middletown, N. J., May 
17, 1738 ; died March 17, 1774 ; married Susannah 
De Bowe April 3, 1770.*' He was one of the ex- 
ecutors of his father's will probated 1761.* 

Children of Obadiah & Susannah (De Bowe) 
Bowne : 

James Bowne. 
Rachel Bowne. 

James Bowne, son of Obadiah by his wife Susan- 
nah De Bowe, was born at Middletown, N. J., 
April 12, 1771 ; died without issue . I line 10, 1807. 
His will was probated May 27, 1807, winch, no 
doubt, is a mistake in transcribing, and should be 
June 27, 1807. The date of his death is taken 
from his tombstone in Presbyterian Burying 

**-Salter's History of Monmouth Co., N. J., page 87. 

i Ibid page 122. 

JStryker's Official Register of Oncers & Men of N. J. 

gNew Jersev wills. 

**Marriage"licenses Secretary of State's Office Trenton, 

N. J. 

*New Jersey wills 



Ground, Middletown, X. J. It reads: "James, 
son of Obadiah Bowne, died June 16, 1807, aged 
36 years, 2 months, 4 days." He gave property 
to Samuel and Joseph Bowne, sons of Joseph 
Bowne, to "two nieces, Anna and Catharine Win- 
ter, daughters of Andrew and Rachel Winter." He 
mentions "two nephews, Andrew and Obadiah 
Winter, and their brother .lames Winter." He 
gave to the last named, James Winter, a tract of 
woodland, which "was bought of John Stout." 

Rachel Bowne, (Obadiah?, Obadiah 4 , James3, 
James 2 , Williami,) was born at Middletown, 
N. J., probably in 177:5 ; died prior to 1*07, as 
her brother. James, died that year, and while he 
mentions his sister's children, he leaves no prop- 
erty to her ; which would indicate she was de- 
ceased. She married Andrew Winter. 

Children of Andrew and Rachel ( Bowne ) Winter: 
Anna Winter. 
Catharine Winter. 
Andrew Winter. 
Obadiah Winter. 
James Winter. 

We will now go back and pick up some of the 
dropped stitches in these genealogies. John 
Bowne, "cordwainer," son of James Bowne by 
his wife Mary Stout, had three sons, Andrew, 
James and Samuel. Andrew Bowne, son of John 
and Elizabeth Bowne, was living in Hunterdon 
county, N. J., on the "Society's Tract" in 1735.* 
He died without issue in 1780. James Bowne 
married in 174:*.. and could not have had a son old 
enough to marry in 17r>:>, therefore. William 
Bowne, grandson of John Bowne, must have been 
a son of Samuel Bowne. Almost nothing is known 
of this Samuel Bowne. It is probable that he died 
while his son William was a child, and William 
was brought up by his grandfather, John Bowne. 
William Bowne, (SamueH, John3, James 2 , 
Williami,) was born at Middletown, N. J., mar- 
ried Phebe Davis J uly 28, 1755. t He is called in 
a deed in 1771, "Wm. Bowne of Middletown 
Cordwainer." He resided on his grandfather's 
(John Bowne,) homestead, and recorded his 
grandfather's sheep mark. He was a farmer and 
ropemaker like his grandfather before him. 

Children of William and Phebe (Davis) Bowne: 
John Bowne. 
James Bowne. 

.John Bowne, (William 5 , SamueH, John3 T 
James 2 , William,,) was born at Middletown, 
N. J. : married Jane Bowne, daughter of "Samuel 
Bowne, the taylor." He bought land of William 
Bowne of Middletown in 17*7 ; and was taxed 111 
Middletown township in 1794. 
*Snell's Hist, of Hunterdon & Somerset Counties. 
tMarriage Licenses, Office of Secretary of State, 1 reia- 
ton, N. J. 



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Children of John and Jane i Bowne) Bowne : 

Elias Bowne. 

Robert Bowne. 

William Bowne. 

Thomas Bowne. 

Caroline Bowne. 

Eleanor Bowne. 

Eliza Bowne. 

Mary Bowne, (Obadiah3, Capt. John:?. Wil- 
liam 1 ,) was born at Westfield, Monmouth county, 
N. J., .May 22, 1712 ; died Feb. 22. 1743 : married 
Dr. Richaid Stillwell. Dr. Stillwell and his wife 
Mary Bowne, daughter of Obadiah and Elizabeth 
Bowne. are interred in the Presbyterian Burying 
Ground, Middletown, N. J. Dr. Stillwell died 
Feb. 27, 177:5. aged about 63 years.* 

We now complete the record of David Bowne 
mentioned on page 21 of The Jerseyman for Au- 
gust, 1901. 

David Bowne, ( Peter 4 , Andrew3, James 2 . Wil- 
liam',) was born in Lower Freehold, .Monmouth 
county, N. J.. Oct. 18, 1748 : died Dec. 9, 1820 : 
married Mary Nicola 17*4. She was born 1705 : 
died Feb. 28, 1813. 

David Bowne was a soldier in the [{evolutionary 
War.t 

Huldah Bowne. 1 Davids. Peter 4 , Andrew;,. 
James 2 . William',) was born in .Monmouth coun- 
ty. N. J., May 18, 1790; died April 13, 1867 : 
married William R. Barricklo. He was born 
July 1, 1788 : died Oct. 1, 1826. 

Child of William R. & Huldah (Bowne) Bar- 
ricklo: 

John R. Barricklo. born Feb. 23. 1815 : died 
Feb. 11, 1858. 

Samuel Bowne, (James 2 , William'.) was born 
at Portland Point, Monmouth county, N. J., 
prior to Jan. 4. 1079, as the following records 
prove. "Certain ear marks recorded January 4, 
1679. James Bowne's ear mark is a crap on left 
ear, and another cut on the upper side of the same 
ear ; and his brand mark is J. B. on right buttock. 
Recorded to his son Samuel Bowne.'' 

.lames Bowne was town clerk at the time this 
record was entered on town book, as the following 
•Town Book of Old Middletown. page 41. 
tStryker's Register of Officers & Men of New Jersey 
Revolutionary War, 



records show: Jan. 1, 1077, "James Bowne was 
this day agreed to be town clerk for this ensuing 
year. Richard Hartshorne, Town Clerk. 

"In answer to a warrant signed by Capt. Nicols 
and Capt. Dyer for a warning of a town meeting ; 
the town being warned inhabitants met, but no 
vote passed. James Bowne, 

Middletown, Aug. 28, 1680. Town Clerk."* 

Samuel Bowne died intestate, and letters of ad- 
ministration were granted to his wife Esther 
Bowne, March 8, 1750. 

Children of Samuel and Esther Bowne : 

Deborah Bowne, married John Patterson, 1744. 

Samuel Bowne, married Mary Lay ton, Nov. 
28, 1751. 

John Bowne. married Catharine Bisberry, Ain- 
boy, May '27, 1752. 

Esther Bowne, married Thomas Morford, 1752. 

Joseph Bowne, married Sarah Schenck, June 
13, 1757. 

John Patterson was among the taxpayers in 
Middletown township in 1701 . Edward Patterson 
was among the original purchasers named in the 
settlement 1667. He contributed toward buying 
the land in Monmouth county, N. J., of the In- 
dians and for incidental expenses in treating with 
them. He was a deputy and overseer from 
Shrewsbury in the first General Assembly. Dec. 
12, 1067. He had a wife Faith named in a deed 
October, Ki72. and he died about this time, as his 
widow Faith was named same month. Joseph 
Patterson was a taxpayer in Freehold in 177(5. 

During the Revolutionary war the following 1 
members of this family from New Jersey were in 
the Continental army : Thomas Patterson, Cap- 
tain : Edward Patterson, lieutenant : James Pat- 
terson, corporal ; Andrew and John, privates, and 
several members of the family in State militia. 

John C. Patterson, born in Monmouth county, 
N. J., July 12, 1790; died Feb. 16, 1879, held 
various public positions in Howell Township, and 
served as assessor for thirty-nine years. "He was 
the father of thirteen children, among them Col. 
Austin H., Hon. George W., John C, Captain of 
Life Saving Station ; four of bis sons were in the 
Union Army."* 

♦Town Book of Old Middletown, page 65, 67 and 86. 
*Salter's History of Monmouth and Ocean Cos. 



Official List, Marriage Licenses, Sec'y of Statf.'s Office, Trenton, N. J. 



Bowne, Catharine, Monmouth. 
Bowne, Deborah, Monmouth, 
Bowne, Lydia, Monmouth, 
Bowne, Rachel, Middletown, 
Bowne, Lydia, Monmouth, 
Bowne, Esther, Monmouth. 
Bowne. Anna, Middletown. 



Married John McClease, Dec. 21, 1730. 

Married John Patterson, 1744. 

Married John Worthly, Monmouth, 1747. 

Mat ried John Wall, Monmouth, 1751. 

Married James Grover, Jr., Monmouth. 1752. 

Married Thomas Morford. 1752. 

Married John Wall, 1753. 



2fi 



Bowne, Anne, Bucks Co., Pa., 
Bowne, Catharine, Middletown, 
Bowne, Lydia, Middletown, 
Bowne, Catharine, Middletown. 
Bowne, Mary Ann. Monmouth, 
Bowne, Catharine, Hunterdon, 



Married Jonathan Butcher, Pa., 1756. 

Married William Crawford. 1756. 

Married John Whitlock, 1758. 

Married Peter Buckalew, 17.">9. 

Married Gershoni Ballman, Monmouth, 17(51. 

Married Joseph Mattison, 1768. 

The Presbyterian Burying Ground, Middletown, N. J. 
I), Richard Stillwell died Feb. 27, 1773, aged about 63 years. 
Mary, wife of Dr. Richard Stillwell and daughter of Obadiah and Elizabeth Bowne, died Feb. 

22, 1743, aged 30 years, 9 mo. 
Mary Stillwell Aug. 27, 110, aged 75 years, 3 months. 
, )badiah Bowne died April 19, 1726, aged 59 years, 10 months. 

\nne. daughter of John and Anne Bowne, died Sept. 16, 1738, aged 5 years, 10 months, 22 days. 
,;. Capt.John Bowne died March 13, 1715-16, aged 52 years. 
7 John Bowne, Esq., died 1775, aged 74 years, 5 months, 7 days. 

s' Anne, widow of John Bowne, Esq, died aged 91 yea.s and 28 days, ( No date of death given. ) 
9 Jaines Bowne died March, 14, 1750. aged 49 years. 3 months, 11 days. 
Id .lames, son of Obadiah Bowne, died June 16, 1807, aged 36 years. 2 months. 1 days. 
11. Obadiah Bowne died March 17, 1774, aged 35 years. 10 months. 

Topanemus Burying Ground, Marlboro, X. J. 
David Bowne died Dee. 9, 1820, aged 72 years, 1 month, 21 days. 
Mary wife of David Bowne, .lied Feb. 28, 1*1:}, in 4S year. 

Huldah Bowne, wife of William R. Barricklo. born May IS, 1790, died April 13, 1867. 
Seventh Generation and Children : Emanuel K. Bowne, [Johns D, Williams, 

rT1 .- n wiiiin,, i,m«, James4. John.% James?, William',] was born m 
Chariest'. Bowne, [John" D., Williams, James 4 , 



1. 



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John3, James*, William',] was born in Cherry- 
ville, Hunterdon County, N. J., March IS, 1820; 
died at Sandy Ridge, N. J., Nov. 17. 1882; mar- 
ried (1 ) Susan I). Hartpence May 6, 1842. She 
died without issue March 23, 1843 ; and he mar- 
vied (2) Margaret M. Hoppock Jan. 20, 1844. 
She was born Jan. -25, 1826, and is a daughter of 
Henry Hoppock by his wife Mary Moore. 

Children of Charles ('. and Margaret M. [Hop- 
pock] Bowne : 

Sophia H. Bowne, born Nov. 15, 1845. 
George W. Bowne, born April 11, 1847. 
William B. Bowne, born Oct. B'., 1849. 
Jeremiah E. Bowne, born April 17, 1856. 
Elias I). Bowne, [John* D, William?, James 4 , 
John 3, .lames- 1 , William ',] was born in Cherry - 
ville, Hunterdon county, N. J.. Nov. 16, 1821; 
died at Rosamond, 111, Feb. 19, 1898; married 
Elizabeth Hoppock, Oct. 10, 1844. She was born 
in Hunterdon county, N. .1, March 10, 1819, and 
is a daughter of Henry Hoppock by his wife Mary 
Moore. Elias D. Bowne and family removed 
from New .Jersey, and settled in Illinois in 1870. 
Children of Elias D. and Elizabeth [Hoppock] 
Bowne : 

John 11. Bowne, born Nov. 16, 1*17. 
Joseph 11. Bowne, born Nov. 21, 1849. 
Caroline Bowne, bom July 22, 1852, died 

April 13, 1855. 
Sarah Bowne, horn No\. 7, 1854. 
Ella Bowne, born July 25, 1861. 



Cherryville, Hunterdon county, N. J, Aug. 10, 
1823 ; died Nov. 27, 1897 ; married Mary Ann 
Smith Sept. 21, 1850. She was born July 19, 
1821 ; died July is, 1855. She was a daughter 
of Andrew Smith by his wife Elizabeth Swazy. 
Andrew Smith was a son of Asher Smith by bis 
wife Charlotte McClary. Mr. Bowne was a shoe- 
maker by trade, and a soldier in the Union Army 
during the civil war. 

Child of Emanuel K. and Mary Ann [Smith] 

Bowne : 

Henry G. Bowne. horn July 20, 1851. 

John R. Bowne. [John6 D, Williams, James 4 , 
John3, James?, William'.] was bom in Hunter- 
don county, N. J., Aug. 7, 1825 ; died atOhlman, 
111, Aug. 25, ls«).") ; married Ann E. Bird March 
20, 1846. She was born April 25, 1830, a daugh- 
ter of John Bird— a descendant of Thomas and 
Rachel Bird, who emigrated to America from 
Scotland. Ann E. [Bird] Bowne died at Ohlman, 
111, Aug. 8, 1896. 

John R. Bowne and family removed from New 

Jersey to 111., in 1870. 

Children of John R. and Ann E. [Bird] Bowne : 
Nelson E. Bowne, born Jan. 5, 1850. 
Lemuel A. Bowne. born Feb. 4, 1854. 
Margaret Bowne: [Johns D, William?, .lamest. 
John.i, James?, Williaim.] was born at Cherry- 
ville. Hunterdon county, N. .1.. April 8, 1S27 ; 
died in Trenton, N. J, July 19, 1000; married 
Asher Salter March 1, 1855. He was born March 



27 



29, 1821 : (lied in Trenton. X. J., Oct. 8, 1873. 

He was a son of John Salter by his wife Elizabeth 
Wolverton. 

Children of Asher and Margaret (Bowne) 
Salter : 

George R. Salter, horn Dee. 24, 1855. 
John B. Salter, borrrOct. 7, 1860. 
William L.Salter, horn Nov. is. 1863. 
William J. Bowne ( John 6 !>.. William 5, James,. 
John3, James 2 , Williann, 1 was horn in Cherry- 
ville, Hunterdon county. N. J., April 22, 1829; 
died in Lambertville, X. J., Sept. 17. 1-!)!) : 
married Amanda Thomas March 8, 1851. She 
was horn Dec. 30, 1824 : died Nov. '24. 1 -!)(!. She 
was a daughter of Jacob Thomas by his wife 
Susan Marshall. 

Children of William J. and Amanda 1 Thomas 1 
Bowne : 

Jonathan ('. Bowne, horn April 22, 1854. 
William R. Bowne, born March 2.~>, 1856. 
Jonathan ('. Bowne died Oct. 1!). 1857. 
Hannah II. Bowne; (John 6 D. T \Yilliain 5 , 
James4, John 3 , James 2 , William,. ) was horn at 
Cherryville, Hunterdon county. X. J.. Feb. 10, 
1830 ; died Oct. 31, 1872 : married William Wen- 
zel Oet. 30, 1854. He was born in Bruchkobel, 
Germany, Oct. 22, 1834. 

Children of William and Hannah H. 1 Bowne) 
Weiizel : 

Mary E. Wenzel, born Sept. 1, 1858. 
Anne Wenzel. born Oct. 13, 1864. 
Etta Wenzel, bom May (i. 1866. 
They had five other children, all of whom died 
young. 

Mary Ann Bowne (John6 D., Williams, James4, 
Johns, James.. William 1 .) was born in Cherry- 
ville, Hunterdon county, X. J., Oct. 30, 1832; 
died in Elizabeth. X. J., Feb. 20, 1887; married 
Benjamin Blakely Nov. Hi, 1850. He was born 
Dec. 1, 1823 ; died July 10, 1898. He was a son 
of Charles Blakely by his wife Sarah Biggs. 

Child of Benjamin and Mary Ann (Bowne) 
Blakely : 

Lillie May Blakely, born Oct. 30, 1861. 
George Washington Bowne (Johii6 D., Wil- 
liam?, James4, John3, James 2 , William 1 , ) was 
horn at Cherryville, Hunterdon county, X. J., 
May 28, 1834 ; married ( 1 ) Amanda Tiger Sept. 
24. 1857. She was born Jan. 9, 1832 ; died July 
20, 1896. She was a daughter of Christopher 
Tiger, of Schooley's Mountain, by his wife Annie 
Anderson. Christopher Tiger was a son of Jacob 
Tiger, born 17<>2 ; died Oct. 23, 1835 ; married 
Elizabeth B., born 1770: died July 11, 1840. 
Both are buried at Fox Hill. Hunterdon county, 
X. J. Jacob Tiger was a son of Jacob Tiger the 
emigrant, who came from Germany in the immi- 



gration in 1707. and bought a large farm a little 
south of Cokesburg, X. J. He had been driven 
by persecution from Wolfenbuttel, a city in (ier- 
many, and fled to Xeuwied, in Remish Prussia. 
From there he lied to Holland in 1705. Two years 
later, he embarked with a number of German 
Reformed people for America, and landed in 
Philadelphia. They came to Hunterdon county, 
N. J., and a portion of them settled in Tewks- 
bury township.* Oeorge W. Bowne married (2) 
Angie Hoofman in 1898. He is a wheelwright 
and plow maker by trade, and followed that 
occupation for a number of years. 

Children of George W. and Amanda (Tiger) 
Bowne : 

Stewart E. Bowne, born Dec. 17, 1858 ; died 

Oct. 10. 1860. 
William E. Bowne, born Oct, 17, 1861. 
I.lmira Bowne, born Aug. 25, 1864. 
Bartolette E. Bowne (John6 I)., Williams, 
James4, Johns, James 2 , William 1 ,) was born in 
Cherryville, Hunterdon county, X. J., June 9, 
1836; married Rachael M. Alward Jan. 12, 1858. 
She was bom Jan. 12, 1839, and is a daughter of 
Daniel Alward by his wife Mary Miller. 

Daniel Alward was born Sept. 14, 1799; died 
March 26, 1875 ; married Feb. 1, 1818. Mary 
Miller was born March 17, 1799; died June 6, 
1865. Mr. Bowne is a prominent member and 
local preacher of the M. E. Church. 

Children of Bartolette E. and Rachel M. (Al- 
ward ) Bowne : 

Sarah Emma Bowne, born Jan. 23, 1859. 
Mary Lizzie Bowne, horn March 27, 1864. 
John D. Bowne, horn Aug. 16, 1876. 
Amanda K'eading 7 (Anne 6 , Williams, James 4 , 
John3, James 2 , William 1 Bowne, ) was born near 
Flemington, X. J.. April 11, 1822; died April 7, 
1H9:> ; married Augustus Conover April 11, 1843. 
He died 1861. 

Children of Augustus and Amanda (Reading) 
Conover : 

(ieoifje Conover, born 1S44 ; killed during 

the war. 
William Conover, born about 1846. 
Mary Ellen, Samuel. Charles and Augustus 
died young. 
William Reading7_ ( Anne 6 , William5, Jaines4, 
John3, James 2 , William 1 Bowne,) was born near 
Flemington, X. J., April 4, 1*24 ; died Feb. 26, 
1881 : married Mary Burns in 1850. 

Children of William and Mary [ Burns] 
Reading : 

Henry Reading died in 1880 without issue. 
Lilly Reading. 
Kate Reading. 
*Early Germans of New Jersey — Chambers. 



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Martha Reading (Anne<\ Williams James4, 
John 3 , Jamesa, William' Bowne, I was hern near 
Fleniington, N. J., Feb. 13, 1826; died at Mont- 
rose. Pa., 1867 ; married Abraham Young— son 
of Adam Young by his wife Maria Brokaw. 

Children of Abraham and Martha (Reading) 
Young : 

Jacob Young, horn 1845 ; died 1865. 
Rutsen Young, horn 1H4? ; 
John W. Young, horn 1849 : died 1853. 
Henry Young, born 1851. 
Gertrude Young, horn 1855; died 1861. 
Francis Young, died young. 
Eugene Young. 
Frederick Young, died young. 
Oscar F. Reading [Anne", William?. James4, 
Johns, James 2 , William 1 Bowne,] was horn near 
Fleniington, N. J., Feb. 13, 1828; married Han- 
nah Elizabeth Bowman Nov. 22, 1851. She was 
born Aug. 30, 1832, and is a daughter of Asa 
Bowman by his wife Elizabeth Fulper. 

Oscar F. Reading was a volunteer soldier in 
the thirteenth regiment of New Jersey from Sept. 
::. 1862, to June 27, 1863. 

Children of Oscar F. and Hannah E. Reading: 
Anderson B. Reading, horn Oct. 5. 1856. 
Anne Jane Reading, horn Nov. :',, 1861. 
Asa Bowman Reading, horn June 17, 18<i7. 
Henry S. Reading (Anne^, Williams, James4, 
John3, James 2 , William' Bowne.) was horn near 
Flemington, N. J.. May 12, 1834 ; died in Flem- 
ington, Feb. 26, 1888 ; married Sarah Townsend 
March Hi. 1860. She was horn in New York city. 
June 18, 1841, and is a daughter of William B. 
Townsend by his wife Elizabeth Vaughan. 

Children of Henry S and Sarah [Townsend] 
Reading : 

Emeline Reading, horn Feb. 4, 1861. 
Oeorge E. Reading, born Nov. 14, 18<;f> ; died 

Dec. 21, 1896. 
Lizzie M. Reading, horn Oct. 23. 1866. 
Rebecca C. Reading, horn Oct. 12. 1868 ; died 

about 1881. 
Anne .1. Reading, horn Oct. 5, 1870. 
John Bowne Reading7 (Anne6, Williams. 
James4, John3, James 2 , William 1 Bowne. ) was 
horn near Fleniington, N. J., April 4. 1836; 
married Elizabeth Williamson July .">. 1859. She 
was born J one 20. 1842, and is a daughter of Ira 
Williamson by his wife Maria Mason. John B. 
Reading enlisted in the Fifteenth Regiment of N. 
J. Volunteers July 24, 1862; and re-enlisted 
March 2:!. 1865. He remained in the service until 
the close of the war. 

Children of John B. and Elizabeth (William- 
son ) Reading : 

Francis Reading, horn Aug. 14. 1861. 



John W. Reading, horn Nov. 12, 1862. 
Mary F. Reading, horn Feb. 2<>. 1867. 
Anna B. Reading, horn June 3, 1873 : died 

May -27, 1875. 
Ida Reading, born April 13. 1876 : married 

George Montgomery, of Phila. Pa., 190-2. 
Amos T. Reading, horn July 28, 1*7 ( J. 
Lambert Reading, horn May 19, L s *l ; died 
Sept. 27, 1882. 
Gideon F. Reading ( Anne6, Williams, James4, 
John3, James2, William' Bowne.) was horn near 
Flemington, N. J.. March 4, 1838; married 
Frances Griffeth Oct. 12. 1867. She was horn 
Oct. 11, 1850, and is a daughter of George W. 
Griffeth by his wife Artilla Pedrick. Gideon E. 
Reading served in United States navy during the 
civil war. 

Children of Gideon E. and Frances (Griffeth) 
Reading : 

Edward A. Reading, horn March 17. 1868. 
Minnie Reading, born Sept. 30, 1870. 
Cornelia B. Reading, horn April 6, 1873. 
Anne Reading, horn July 30, 1875. 
John W. Reading, horn April 11, 1878: died 

April 18, 1895. 
Kiziah G. Reading, horn March 18. 1881 : 

died March 24. 1881. 
Fannie L. Reading, horn April 21, 1883 : died 

Nov. 25, 189."). 
Hannah F. Reading, horn Dec. 21, 1885 : died 

July K», 1895. 
Mabel C. Reading, horn May 26, ls^>. 
Maud C. Reading, horn May 26, 1889; died 

Nov. :?0, 1895. 
Ethel Reading, horn April 24. 1891 : died 
Oct. 19, 1895. 
Miller K. Reading, M. I>.. (Anne6, William 5 , 
James4, John3, Jamesz. William' Bowne,) was 
horn near Flemington, Hunterdon county, N. J.. 
Jan. 7, 1*40 : married Mary H. Young, horn May 
31, 1846, daughter of John Young, horn Jan. 20. 
1810, by his wife Eliza Thatcher, horn Oct. 2:'.. 
18ir>. March 18, 1865. 

Miller K. Reading was educated in the public 
schools of his native county and the Fleniington 
High School. 

Immediately after leaving school he was placed 
in charge of the public school at Unionville in 
that county, but relinquished the same the fol- 
lowing year and volunteered in the Union army. 
He remained in the army until the close of the 
war. when he returned home and resumed teach- 
ing. In 1867 he was appointed a member of the 
school board of examiners in Hunterdon county, 
which he retained four years. In 1868 he was 
appointed one of the commissioners for taking 
acknowledgment of proof of deeds. In 1*74 he 



entered the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons at Syracuse. New York, and was graduated 
with the first honors of his class, of which lie was 
the valedictorian, Feb. 10, 1876. " M. K. Head- 
ing pronounced the valedictory of the graduating 
class in a clear, fervent, and at intervals an elo- 
quent address. .Mr. Heading was acute, precise 
and effective. We will not particularize his more 
striking passages, hut it has seldom been our lot 
to listen to a valedictory address more generally 
to the purpose and freer from vanity and affecta- 
tion. We predict for him usefulness and credit 
in the medical profession."* 

'Dr. Reading's standing as a teacher in New 
Jersey was very high, and his work as a teacher 
was attended with an unusual degree of success. 
He bewail the practice of medicine at 
Baptist town, this state, and soon acquired a wide 
practice and a high standing as a skillful physi- 
cian, "t 

Dr. Reading remained at Baptistown rive years, 
and then removed to Prince William county, 
Virginia, where he practiced his piofession until 
1883, when, his health failing, he ceased active 
practice. He now lives in retirement at " Box- 
wood," an estate, near Aden, Va. 

Children of Dr. Miller K. and Mary H. i Young) 
Reading : 

John Y. Reading, born April 4, 1866. 
Cornelius L. Reading, born Feb. 28, 1 — « i — . 
Charles M. Bowne i ('has. H6.. Williams, 
James4, John3, James 2 , William",) was born at 
Castle Valley, Pucks county. Pa.. Jan. 15, 1835; 
died in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 5, 1900; married 
Annie Elizabeth King in 1859. She was born 
Sept 8, 1842. and is a daughter of Robert E. King 
by his wife Caroline Zinc. 

Children of Charles M. and Annie E. (King) 
Bowne : 

Sarah A. Bowne, born Aug. 18, 1860. 
Thomas H. Bowne, bom Nov. 15, 1866. 
Catharine Bowne, ( Chas. H 6 ., William5, 
James4, John3, James 2 , William 1 ,) was born at 
Castle Valley, Bucks county, Pa., May 17, 1*3* ; 
married Nelson McGrandy. They are both dead. 
Child of Nelson and Catharine ( Bowne I 
McGrandy : 

Robert McGrandy. 
I am informed that he is married, and " living 
in the West," but have nothing definite about 
him. 

Corporal Monroe W. Bowne, (Chas. H<5., Wil- 
liams, James4, John3, James 2 , William'.; was 
born at Castle Valley. Bucks county, Pa.. May 
*The Syracuse Standard Feb. u, 1S76. 

Vflie Joutual of Orthoepy and Orthography, Pub. at 
Kingoes. N. J , pages 237 and 238. Dee. 1900. 



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1"). 1840; died in Philadelphia, Pa.. Dec. 14, 
1884 : married Isabella Toner Oct. 12, 1859. She 
was born in Ireland, and came to America with 
her parents when a child. Her father was Owen 
Toner, and her mother's maiden name was Rose 
Kelly. 

Monroe W. Bowne was Corporal in Company F, 
91st regiment, Pa. Vet, Volunteers in 1863, and 
was honorably discharged from the service July 
10. 1865. He was appointed an officer on the 
police force of Phila. in 1880, and served until 
nine months before his death, when he resigned 
his position on account of ill health, having con- 
tracted a cold, from which he never recovered. 
Corporal Bowne was of imposing personal appear- 
ance—massive frame, well proportioned, powerful 
man. six feet high, and weighing more than three 
hundred pounds. He was a devoted husband, 
kind, loving father, and friend as true as a 
Damascus blade. 

Children of Monroe W. and Isabella (Toner) 
Bowne : 

Mary E. Bowne, born Aug. 11, I860. 

William M. Bowne. born May 31, 1867. 

Margaret G. Bowne. born Nov. 10, 1871. 

Francis H. Bowne. born Oct, 12, 1876. 

Mabel C. Bowne, born Jan. 19, 1879. 
Mary Bowne, (Charles W>., Williams, James4, 
John3, James 2 . William',) was born at Castle 
Valley, Bucks county. Pa., May 13, 1842 : died 
in Phila. without issue in 1892. 

Eighth Generation and Children: 

Sophia H. Bowne, (Chas. 0/., John D<5., Wil- 
liams, James4, Johm, James 2 , William 1 , ) was born 
in Hunterdon county. N. J., Nov. 15. 1845 : 
married Lewis Holcombe Feb. 7, 18b"7. He was 
born May 23, 1841, and is a son of Amos Hol- 
combe by his wife Maria Brewer. 

Children of Lewis and Sophia H. (Bowne) 
Holcombe : 

Stella M. Holcombe, born Ap. 23, 1869 ; died 

Sept. 11, 1890. 
Mary A. Holcombe, born Nov. 28, 1879. 
Charles B. Holcombe, born Aug. 19, 1882. 
George Wesley Bowne, (Chas. C7., John 1)6., 
Williams. James4, John3, James 2 . William 1 ,) was 
born in Hunterdon county, N. J., April 11, 1847 ; 
died 1902 : married Eliza Zella Williver July 25, 
1*74. She was born in Warren county, N. J., 
Feb. 27, 1850. 

Children of George and Eliza Z. (Willvier) 
Bowne : 

Sadie M. Bowne, born Mar. 20, 1876 ; died 

Feb. 10, 1878. 
Maggie A. Bowne, born June 6, 1879. 
Jennie G. Bowne. born Dec. 24, 1880. 



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William B. Bowne, (Charles G*7., John D 6 .. 
Williams, James 4 , John3, James 2 , William'. ) was 
born in Hunterdon county, N. J., Oct. 13, 1849 ; 
married Belle Potts Oct, 27. 1883. She was born 
in Quakertown, N. J., Aug. 10. 1*"'4. and is a 
daughter of Elijah Potts by his wife Margaret 
Hawk. 

Child of William B. and Belle (Potts) Bowne : 
Edith Bowne, born Nov. 8, 1885. 

Jeremiah Everett Bowne, (Charles C, John I)., 
William. .lames, .John. James. William, ) was 
born in Hunterdon county, N. J., April 17, 185b'; 
married Harriet P. Hunt Dec. 21, 1882. She was 
born Dec. 12, 1862, and is a daughter of Wilson 
Hunt by his wife Sarah Elizabeth Wolverton. 

Jeremiah E. Bowne was elected Freeholder of 
Delaware township in 1900. 

Child of Jeremiah E. and Harriet P. (Hunt) 
Bowne : 

Charles Wilson Bow me. born April 30, 1880. 

John H. Bowne, (Elias D7., John D 6 ., Wil- 
liams. James4. John3, James 2 , William 1 ,) was 
born in Hunterdon county, N. J., Nov. '21, 1849 ; 
married Barbara Kerr July '2, 1869. She was 
born in Jersey City, N. J.. June 2, 1850, and is a 
daughter of David I.Kerr, born in Scotland, by 
his wife Barbara Brown, born in the North of 
Ireland. 

Children of John H. and Barbara (Kerr) 
Bowne : 

Elizabeth Bowne. born April 11, 1870. 

David J. Bowne, born Sept. 27, 1H73. 

Mary Frances Bowne, born March 11, 1*79. 

Elizabeth Bowne married Aston Z. Beetle. 
May "2. 1894. 

David J. Bowne married Annie Brady. Sept. 
30, 1896. 

Joseph H. Bowne, ( Flias 1)7., John 1)6, Wil- 
liams, James4, John3, James 2 . William', ) was 
bom in Hunterdon county, N. J., Nov. 21, 1S41) ; 
married Frances Kitch Dec. is, 1S95. She was 
born April ±2, 1855, and is a daughter of David 
Kitch by his wife Eliza McPherson. 

Sarah Bowne, (Elias 1)7., John D 6 ., William5, 
Jamesi, John.i. James 2 , William',) was born in 
Hunterdon county. N. J., Nov. 7. 1854 ; married 
William Van Zant Sept. 9, 1884. He was born 
June 15, 1854 — son of John Van Zant. Sarah 
Bowne remo\cd from New Jersey to Illinois with 
her father's family in 1870. 

Ella Bowne, (Flias 1)7.. John D 6 .. William5, 
James4, John3, James 2 , William', ) was born in 
Hunterdon county. N. J.. July -25. 1861 : mar- 
ried Charles Gingery Nov. is, 1891. He was born 
Jan. 10, lH(i(i, and is a son of James Nelson Gin- 
gery, born Sept. 1. 1832, by Ids wife Barbara 
Ellen Fmerick. born March 10. 1 s->(i. 



.Mr. Gingery resides in Iowa. 
Children of Charles and Ella [Bowne] Gingery: 
Henry H. Gingery, born May 14. 1894 : died 

May 1. 1H95. 
Roy Gingery, born March 27, 1896. 
Henry G. Bowne, (Emanuel K. Bowne7, John 
1)6.. Williams, James4, John3, James 2 , William'. ) 
was born in Hunterdon county, N. J.. July 20, 
1851 ; married Susanna Rockafellow Nov. 13, 
1*77. She was born Feb. ±2, 1856, and is a 
daughter of Daniel Rockafellow, born Jan. 18, 
1810, by his wife Deborah Bryan — widow of A. 
Kepler — born May 25. 1S27. 

Children of Henry C. and Susanna (Rockafel- 
low) Bowne : 

Lillie May Bowne. born Sept. 3, 1878. 
Albeit R. Bowne, born Aug. 26, 1880. 
George M. Bowne. bom March 7, 1884. 
Katie Bowne. born Oct. 7. ]**<>. 
Edward S. Bowne, born Nov. 23, 1892. 
Lillie May Bowne married Andrew P.. Ken- 
Jan. 1:2. 1898. He was born in Hunterdon county, 
N. J.. April 29. 1*72, '"trM is a son of John Ken 
by his wife Sarah C. Seals. 

Nelson E. Bowne, (John R7., John I) 6 .. Wil- 
liams, ,Iames4, John3, James 2 . William', ) was 
born in Hunterdon county, N. J., Jan. 5, 1850 ; 
died at Ohlman, 111.. April 19. 1*74 ; married 
Mary F. Walling May 5, 1870. 

Child of Nelson F. and Mary F. (Walling) 
Bowne : 

Mabel H. Bowne, born Feb. 22, 1871. 
Lemuel A. Bowne, (John R7., John 1)6.. Wil- 
liams, James4, John3, James 2 . Williami,) was 
born in Hunterdon county, N. J., Feb. 4, 1854 ; 
married Nannie Anient June 19, 1*77. She was 
born March 10, 1854, and is a daughter of John 
R. Anient by his wife Emily Dodson. 

Child of Lemuel A. and Nannie (Anient) 
Bowne : 

Laura May Bowne, born Nov. :'», 1884. 
George R. Salter,^(Margaret7, John 1)6., Wil- 
liams. Jaines4, John3, James 2 , William'.) was 
born in Trenton, N. J., Dec. 24, 1855 ; married 
Anna Holcombe May 5, 1*77. She was born Nov. 
26, 1857, and is a daughter of Reading Holcombe, 
born Jan. 2. 1816 ; died Feb. 1. 1897, by his wife 
Eliza West, born Sept. <>. 1*:27. 

Children of George R. and Anna (Holcombe) 
Salter : 

Lillie M. Salter, born June 9, 1879. 
Clarkson H. Salter, born April 11. 1881 ; 

died Feb. (i. 1882. 
Raymond Salter, born Dec. 23, 1882. 
Benjamin Salter, born July 25, 1892. 
John B. Salter, (Margaret7, John D6., Wil- 
liams, James4. John3, James 2 , William 1 ,) was 



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born in Trenton, X. J., Oct. 7, 1860; married 
Hannah M. Lee, Jan. 24, 1887. She was born 
May 25, 1 860, and is a daughter of William T. 
I.ee by his wife Anna M. Baily. 

Children of John B. and Hannah M. (Lee) 
How ne : 

William A. Salter, born May 2, 1*92. 
.Mildred L. Salter, born Oct. 1(J, 1896. 
William L. Salter 8 , (Margaret7, John D6., Wil- 
liams, James4, John3, James 2 . William',) was 
born in Trenton, X. J.. Nov. 18, 1863 ; married 
Caroline C. Goddard Dee. 30, 1891. She was born 
July 17, 1859, and is a daughter of Harmaii God- 
dard by liis wife Margaret Chambers. 

William L. and Caroline Salter have no issue. 
William R. Bowne 8 , 'William J7., John l>f>.. 
Williams, James4, John3, James 2 , William 1 , ) was 
born March 25, 1856 : married Anna Augusta 
Lair Jan. 17, 1878. She was born July 17, 1857, 
and is a daughter of Garret Lair by liis wife Ann 
Eliza Stire. 

William R. and Ann A. i Lair) Bowne liave no 
issue. 

Mary K. Wenzel 8 , (Hannah II.. John l>'\. 
Williams, James4, Jolin3, James 2 , Willianu, i was 
born in Hunterdon county. N. J., Sept. 1, 1858 : 
married (1) John G. Hultz Oct. 28, 1876. He 
was born Aug. 16, 1852. He died Feb. 25, 1890, 
and his widow married (2) Augustus Cowdrick 
Aug. :>. 1893. He was born Sept. 5, 1841, and is 
a son of Maurice Cowdrick by liis wife Rachel 
( >pdycke. 

Children of John G. and Mary E. (Wen/.el) 
Hultz : 

J. William Hultz, born Jan. 2<>, 1880. 
Albert R. Hultz, born March 3, 1881. 
Charles E. Hultz. born Sept. 19, 1883. 
Laura E. B. Hultz, born May '27, 1889. 
Child of Augustus and Mary E. (Wen/.el) 
Cowdrick : 

Florence M. Cowdrick. born Jan. 12, 1896. 
Anne Wenzel 8 married Joseph Alvater Oct. 15, 
1887. 

Etta Wenzel, (Hannah H:.. John D6., \Villiain5, 
Jam est, John3, James 2 , William',) was born in 
Hunterdon county, X. J., May <>, 1866 ; married 
Stephen C. Cook, Esq., May 27. 1886. He was 
born Sept. 27, 1864. He is a lawyer and lives in 
Trenton, X. J. 

Stephen C. and Etta (Wenzel) have children : 

Lawrence C. Cook, born May 16, 1887. 

Charles W. Cook, born June Hi, 1896. 

Lillie May BlakelyS, (Mary Ann7, John D6., 

Williams, James4, John3, James 2 , William 1 , ) was 

born Oct. 3(1, 1861 : married John Hampton Ap. 

17, 1882. He was born in England June 24, 

1859 ; died June 6, 1882. John Hampton emi- 



grated to America in 1870. 

John and Lillie May ( Blakely ) Hampton bad 
no issue. 

William L. Bowne, (Ceorge W7., John I) 6 ., 
Williams, ,Iames4, John 3 , James 2 , William',) was 
born in High Bridge, Hunterdon county, X. J., 
Oct. 17, 1861 : married Mary L. Willi ver March 
2(1. 1891. She was bdrn March 17, 1*72, and is a 
daughter of Henry 1. Williver by his wife Jane 
La Hue. 

William L. and Mary L. (Williver) Bowne 
have no issue. 

Elmira Bowne, (George W 7 ., John 1)6., Wil- 
liams, James4, Johns, James 2 , William',) was 
born in Hunterdon county, X. J., Aug. 25, lH(i4 ; 
married A. L. Shanipanore Sept. 11, 1887. He 
was born May 11, 1K66 — a son of Andrew I. Shani- 
panore by his wife Sarah Webster. 

Children of Andrew L. and Elmira (Bowne) 
Shanipanore : 

Henry Bowne Shanipanore. born June 30, 

1888. 
Dora Linella Shanipanore. born Sept 14, 

1891. 
Edith C. Shanipanore, born Aug. 4, 1893 ; 

died Aug. 9, 1894. 
Edward R. Shanipanore, born June 3, 1895 ; 

died Dec. 5, 1896. 
George Franklin Shanipanore, born July Mi, 
1898. 
Sarah Emma Bowne, (Bartolette E7., JohnD 6 ., 
Williams, James4, John3, James 2 , William 1 , ) was 
born in Hunterdon county, X. J., Jan. 23, 1859 ; 
married William H. Rainear Sept. 12, 1878. He 
was born in Bordentown. X. J., Feb. 27, 1853, 
and is a son of Lew is B. Rainear, born at White 
Hall. X. J.. Sept. 20, 1811, by his wife, whose 
maiden name was Priscilla V. Rue, born at 
Holinesburg, Fa., Jan. 22, 1822. 

Child of William H. and Sarah F. (Bowne) 
Rainear : 

Cora Amelia Rainear, born Aug. 24, 1879. 
Miss Rainear is a young lady of tine attain- 
ments, having graduated with honors from the 
Cherry Street School. Xo. 4, Elizabeth, X. J., 
June 26, 1S96. She is a member of "The 
" Daughters of Liberty," of which her mother is 
a charter member, and is ExState Councilor of 
New Jersey. 

Mary Lizzie Bowne ( Bartolette E7., John D 6 ., 
William5, James4, John3, James 2 , William', ) 
was born in Hunterdon county, X. J., March 27, 
1864 : died April 29, 1887 ; married John II. 
Carroll Oct. 12. 1883. They had no issue. 

John Deats Bowne, [Bartolette E7., John D 6 ., 
Williams, James4, John3, James 2 , Willianii,] was 
born in Elizabeth, X. J., Aug. 16, 1870. He is 



32 

a graduate of the Stewart Busine&s College oi 

Trenton. N. J. 

Anderson B. Reading^ [Oscar F7., Anne 6 , Wil- 
liams, James4, John3, .lamest William,,] was 
born near Flemington, N. J., Oct. 5, 1856 ; mar- 
ried Anne Adelia Conover April 29, 1882. She is 
a daughter of David Conover by his wife Eliza 

Lee. . 

Child of Anderson B. and Anne Adelia |Xon- 

over] Reading : 

Leroy. Reading, born March 28, 1887. 
Anne .lane Reading, [Oscar F7., Anne 6 , Wil- 
liams, James4, John,, James*, William',] was 
born at Quakertown, N. J., Nov. 3, 1861 ; mar- 
ried Morris Edmonds Sept. 29, 1879. He is a son 
of Lorenzo Edmonds by his wife whose maiden 
name was Rodenbaugh. 

Child of Morris and Anne Jane [Reading] Ed- 
monds : 

Howard Edmonds, horn March 28, 1881. 
Asa Bowman Reading, [Oscar F7., Anne 6 , Wil- 
liams, James*, Johns, James*, William'.] was 
born at Quakertown, N. J., June 17, 1867 ; mar- 
ried Clara May Hoff Sept, 29, 1887. She is a 
daughter of William Hall Hoff by his wife Mary 
Helen Van Deripe. 

Children of Asa B. and Clara M. [Hoff] Read- 
ing : 

Eva May Reading, horn Dec. 16, 1888. 
Lloyd F. Reading, horn Dee. 4. 1893 : died 

Oct. 6, 1896. 
Leona Reading, born May 17, 1898. 
Harry Reading, horn Feb. 12, 1900. 
Francis Reading, [John B7., Anne 6 , William5, 
James*, John3, James*, William'.] was horn in 
Flemington, N. J., Aug. 14. 1*01 ; married Mar- 
garet Fleming Aug. 15, 1885. She is a daughter 
of William Fleming by his wife Catharine Hen- 

dershot. 

Children of Francis and Margaret [Fleming] 

Heading : 

Hervey F. Reading, horn in 1886. 
Ella M. Reading, horn in 1892 
Pearl Reading, horn March 20, 1894. 
John W. Reading, [John B7., Anne , Williams, 
James4, John3, James 2 , William',] was born in 
Flemington, N. J.. Nov. 12, 1862 ; married 
Violetta Fleming Die. '.'1, 1**7. She was horn 
Feb. 25, 1*0*. ami is a daughter of David Flem- 
ing by his wife Catharine Rodenbaugh. 

Children of John W. and Violetta [Fleming] 
Reading : 

Rebecca Reading, horn March 13, 1889 ; died 

same day. 
Leslie M. heading, horn May 3, 1891. 
Howard Carroll Reading, born May 17. 1895. 
Mary Ellen Reading, [John P»7, Anne 6 . Wil- 



liams, James 4 , John 3 , James*, William',] was 
horn in Flemington, N. J., Feb. 26, 1867; mar- 
ried Roheit E. Shrope Nov. 24. 1887. He was 
horn May 4. 1870, and is a son of Sylvester V. 
Shrope by his wife Phebe A. hupell. 

Children of Robert E. and Mary Ellen [Reading 

Shrope: 

Phebe A. Shrope, horn April 21, 1889. 
Eva Shrope, born July 13, 1891. 
Charles W. Shrope. horn Nov. 'i4. 1*94. 
Amos Readings, [John B.7, Anne 6 , Williams, 
James4. John,, James 2 . William'.] was born in 
Flemington, N. J., July 28, 1*79: married Sadie 
Johnson, Dee. 25. 1899. 

John Y. Reading. [Miller K.7, Anne 6 , Wil- 
liams. James4, John?, James 2 , William',] was 
horn near Flemington, N. J., April 4, 1866; mar- 
ried Edith Isabel Rhine. Dec. 4, 1898. She was 
horn in Prince William County, Virginia, Oct. 30 
1880, and is a daughter of William Rhine by his 
wife Alice Wine, daughter of William Wine by 
his wife Sarah West. 

John Y. Reading removed with his father's 
family from New Jersey to Virginia in 1881, and 
now resides near Aden, Va. 

Children of John Y. and Edith Isabel [Rhine] 
Reading. 

Mildred Reading, horn May 8, 1900. 
Mary Alice Reading, horn Sept. 30, 1902. 
Cornelius Larison heading, [Miller K.7, Anne6, 
Williams, James4, John3, James 2 . William',] was 
horn at Copper Hill, N. J.. Feb. 28,1868; married 
Amelia Herndon Dec. 31. 1801. She was horn in 
Prince William County Virginia, Dec. 31, 1874, 
and is a daughter of Francis Marion Herndon by 
his wife Susan Herndon. He is a son of Jeremiah 
Heindon by his wife Frances Bridwell. Susan 
Herndon is a daughter of William Herndon by 
his wife Catherine Reid. Jeremiah and William 
Heindon were sons of George Herndon by his wife 
Elizabeth George. Cornelius L. Reading resides 
at "Boxwood," near Aden, Va., and is engaged 
in dairy farming and breeding Jersey cattle. He 
is a member and clerk of the New Hope Baptist 
Church; and superintendent of its Sabbath School. 
Children of Cornelius L. and Amelia [Herndon] 

heading: 

Mabel Reading, horn Dec 8, 1892. 

Mary R. Reading, horn February 8, 1894. 

Miller K. Reading, Jr., horn Nov. 20, 1*00. 

Anne Amelia Reading, horn Feb. 22, 1890. 

Dorothy Reading, horn May 13, 1902. 
Mary R. Heading died of malignant diptheria 
at "Boxwood," Nov. 2, 1*9*. She was an unusu- 
ally bright and sprightly child, and her goodness 
of heart, her generous, unselfish nature, and her 
o-entle loving manner made her ageneral favorite 



of all who knew her. She was a member of the 
New Hope Sabbath School, and took great delight 
in attending its meetings. She is buried in the 
graveyard of the Valley View Church, Aden. Va. 
Sarah A. BowneS, (Charles M.7, Charles H. 6 , 
Williams, James4, John3, James 2 , William 1 ,] was 
born August 18, 1860; married Jonas Weiss. They 
live at Telford, Pa, 

Thomas H. BowneS. [Charles M.7, Charles H. 6 , 
Williams, James4, John3, James 2 , William i,] was 
born Nov. 15, 1866; married Elizabeth Abbott 
Dietrich May 12, 1890. She was born Nov. 9, 1864 
and is a daughter of Jacob Dietrich by his wife 
Rebecca Ann Holloway. 

Children of Thomas H. and Elizabeth [Diet- 
rich] Bowne: 

Charles Jacob Bowne, born Pec. :19, 1891. 
Thomas H. Bowne Jr., born Oct. 10, 1893. 
s^ William Monroe Bowne 8 , [Monroe W.7, 
Charles H. 6 , Williams,- James4, John3, James 2 , 
William',] was born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 
31, 1867; married Augusta Hain June 25, 1886. 
She was born in Saxontown, Germany, Feb. 21, 
1868, and is a daughter of John Hain bj his wife 
Conistina Tisne. 

Children of William M. and Augusta [Hain] 
Bowne: 

Lillie Bowne, born Dec. 21, 1889. 
.Mary Bowne, born Sept. 6, 1891. 
Isabel Bowne, born Oct. 24, 1893. 
Amelia Bowne, born May 15, Hi)."). 
William Bowne, born Dec. 31, 1896. 
Francis Bowne, born June 22, 1898. 
Margaret G. Bowne 8 , [Monroe W. 7 , Charles 
H.6, Williams, James4, John?, James 2 , William 1 ] 
was bom in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 10, 1871; 
married William Cooper, Nov. 4, 1888. He was 
born in New Jersey July 27, 1867, and is a son of 
Joseph Cooper by his wife Jane Moss. Both were 
born in England. 

Children of William and Margaret G. [Bowne] 
Cooper : 

William J. Cooper, born Sept. 4, 1889; died 

Nov. 3, 1895. 
G. Raymond Cooper, born Oct. 11, 1*91. 
Isabel Cooper, born April 4, 1893. 
Ronald Cooper, born July 15, 1895; died Oct, 
5, 1895. 
Francis H. Bowne , [Monroe W.7, Chailes H. 6 , 
Williams, James4, John3, James 2 , William 1 ,] was 
born in Philadelphia, Pa,, Oct. 12, 1876; married 
Adeline Morris Nov. 17, 1897. She was born in 
Phila., Pa., April 10, 1875, and is a daughter of 
Charles Morris by his wife Josephine Sellers. 

Child of Francis H. aud Adeline [Morris] 
Bowne: 

Isabel Marie Bowne, born Oct. 6, 1898. 



Captain Thomas Reading married Rebecca p]llis 
whose ancestry has been traced to Major John 
Fenwick. [See The Jerseymav, Vol. 7, No. 2, page 
15.] The follow ing historical facts are of interest 
to the descendants of Anne [Bowne] Reading. 

The Fenwick family is of Saxon origin and 
formed a powerful clan in Northumberland where 
''their ancient fastness was in the fenny lands 
about Stamfordham, a small town near the south- 
ern boundary oi the shire before named. During 
the reign of Henry I [A.D. 1100] the Head of the 
house was advanced by the King, and with vari- 
ous changes it was prominent in England for 
several centuries." * 

The clan was known as the fieice and fearless 
Fenwicks. '1 heir slogan or war cry was 'A Fen- 
wick! A Fenwick! A Fenwick!" 

"The Tower of Fenwick at Waddington, in 
Northumberland, near the coast of the North Sea, 
shows its antiquity in its rude strength and scanty 
limits, simliar to those built by the Saxon invad- 
ers during the fifth and sixth centuries. This was 
probably the first seat of the family after their 
coming over and w hence it may be traced through 
many of the shires of England. In the ninth year 
of the reign of Edward III [1334] an inquisition 
was had of New Castle Castle and Johannes Fen- 
wick was twice appointed sheriff.! In the twelfth 
century "Sir Robert Fenwick, of Northumberland 
endowed the Abbey of New Minster, in the same 
shire, with two parts of his villa of Irdington, in 
Cumberland, thus showing his liberality towards 
and his adherence to the Catholic Church 4 

In the ninth year of the reign of King Henry 
VII [1517] "Roger Fenwick Esq., was appointed 
constable of the same castle, show ing that through 
several centuries the family had not only remain- 
ed in this place but was in favor with and had 
the confidence of the ruling monarchs."§ 

James, Duke of Monmouth, son of Charles II, 
married Anne Scott, heiress of Buccleugh, whose 
second son, Henry, married Elizabeth Fenwick, 
"thus connecting the family with the blood 
royal."** 

John Fenwick was born at Stanton Hall, of 
Stanton Manor, in the parish of Horsely, Cumber- 
land, in 1618; died in Salem county, N. J., in 
December 1683; married [1641] "Elizabeth, 
daughter of Sir Walter Covert, Knight of .Slang- 
ban, Sussex. This lady was the mother of his 
children, and from her came the direct and col- 
lateral branches in New Jersey. "tt John Fen- 

*Life of John Fenwick, by John Clement, page 5. 

flbid page 8. 

JIbid page 8. 

Jslbid page 9. 

**lbid page 13. 

fflbid page 5. 



6 I 

wick was the second son of Sir William Fenwick, 
baronet, whose residence in 1640, was Stanton 
Hall, of Stanton Manor, in Cumberland, where 
he had considerable landed estate. He represented 
the county of Northumberland in the last parlia- 
ment under the Commonwealth in 1659. In 1636 
John Fenwick was styled Knight and Baronet. 
Having passed through his law studies at Grays 
Inn, London [1640,] he abandoned his profession 
for a time and accepted an appointment in the 
Parliamentary army. His first commission reads 

as follows: 

"You are hereby ordered and required as 
Major under Colonel Thomas Barwis in his regi- 
ment of cavalry which was raised in the county 
of Westmoreland to assist the garrison of Carlisle, 
and to exercise the officers and soldiers under his 
command according to the discipline of war. And 
they are hereby required to yield obedience unto 
you as Major of said regiment, etc., etc. 

(liven under my hand and seal at Barnard Cas- 
tle. -27th October, 164*. 

( ). Cromwell. 

To John Fenwick."* 
In the same year he was ordered by Parliament 
to relieve Holy Island Castle, in Durham. It was 
beseiged by the royal troops, and was nearly cap- 
tured, when Major Fenwick appeared and defeat- 
ed the enemy. He was an active and efficient 
officer, having the confidence of Parliament and 
the Protector. After the trial and sentence of the 
King, he was detailed as commander of cavalry, 
in conjunction with the foot troops under Colonel 
Hacker, Colonel Hanks and Lieut. Colonel Phay- 
or, to attend the execution. * * In the dis- 
charge of this important and delicate duty the 
most reliable officers and the best disciplined 
troops were selected, which placed John Fenwick 
among the first of these in the army about Lon- 
don at that tinie."t 

At the time of the restoration John Fenwick 
had fully adopted the opinions and practices of 
George Fox and suffered much in person and es- 
tate therefor. The social and business intimacy 
existing between John Fenwick and William 
l'enn is a striking feature in the lives of these two 
men. Their religious views no doubt brought 
them much together as well as their various busi- 
ness relations. Major Fenwick's manner of living 
was more pretentious and aristocratic than any of 
his neighbors. His houses at Ivy Point and at his 
plantation at Fenwick Grove were well appointed 
proving that he had an eye to comfort as well as 
to dignity and exclusiveness. The library of 
hooks at each place he regarded with much 

*Ibid page io. 
tlbid page 1 1. 



interest, and directed their preservation after his 
decease. 

Children of Major John and Elizabeth [Covert] 

Fenwick: 

Priscilla Fenwick. 
Elizabeth Fenwick. 
Ann Fenwick. 
Priscilla Fenwick married Edward Champneys 
Feb. 16, 1671. He was of Thornsbury, Glouces- 
tershire, England. They came to America with 
the Fenwick colony in 1675. 
They had children: 
John Champneys. 
Mary Champneys. 
Elizabeth Fenwiek married John Adams, of 
Reading, Berkshire. England. In 1674 John 
Adams bought 2000 acres of land of his father-in- 
law, John Fenwick. He came to America with 
the Fenwick colony. 

Children of John and Elizabeth [Fenwick] 

A dams : 

Elizabeth Adams, born 1664, married Wil- 
liam Hollingshead, 1692.f 
Fenwick Adams. 
Mary Adams. 
Walter Adams. 
Ann Adams. 
Ann Fenwick married Samuel Hedge in 1<>76. 
They had one child: 
Samuel Hedge, Jr. 
He died in 1708, leaving a will. He names 
wife Rebecca and the following children: 
Samuel Hedge. 
Fenwick Hedge. 
William Hedge. 
Nathan Hedge. 
John Hedge. 
All were minors at the time of their father's 

death. 

Thk Young Family.^ 

Johnnes Young and Mecheld his wife emigrated 
from Neuweid, on the river Rhine, Germany, in 
1719. The First Reformed Church of Somerville, 
N. J., has a record of the baptism of Margaritie, 
daughter of Johnnes Young and Mecheld his wife, 
dated April 4, 1725. He purchased and settled 
on a farm of several hundred acres of land, in old 
Amwe.ll, southeast of what is now Flemington, 
N. J. Johnnes Young was naturalized by act of 
the General Assembly of New Jersey in 1730. 
Letters of Administration of the estate of Johnnes 
Young were granted by consent of his widow to 
Samuel Stockton, March 1738. 

Children of Johnnes and Mecheld Young: 
John Young, born in Germany. 
Margaret Young, baptized April 4, 1725. 

tSee Jerseyman Vol 7, No. 2, page 15. 



do 



There may have been other children. 
John Young, (Johnnes, ) was born in Neuweid, 
on the river Rhine, Germany. He came to 
America with his father when a child. He was 
naturalized by act of the General Assembly in 
17f>4. John Young was a member of the German 
Reformed Church of Amwell, at Ringoes, and 
signed the " Articles of Order and Discipline'' of 
that church Dec. 2, 1749.* 

John Young married Catharine, daughter of 
John Philip Case. They had children: 
John Young, 
Adam Young, 
Sarah Young, 
Margaret Young, 
David Young, 
Elizabeth Young, 
Jacob Young. 
John Young, (John 2 , Johnnes 1 ,) was born in 
Anwell township; married Hannah Dilts. daughter 
of Peter Dilts, by his wife Ann Case— daughter of 
John Philip Case. 

Children of John and Hannah (Dilts) Young: 
Josiah Young, 
Catharine Young, 
Elizabeth Young, 
*Early Germans of New Jersey — 



John Young, 
Peter D. Young, 
Margaret Young. 

John Young, (John3, John 2 , Johnnesi,) was 
born in Amwell township, Hunterdon county, N. 
J., Jan. 20, 1810; died Jan. 6, 1895; married 
Eliza Thatcher, May 21, 1845. She was born in 
Hunterdon county, N. J., Oct. 23, 1815; died at 
Aden, Va., Aug. 30, 1898. She was a daughter 
of Aaron Thatcher by his wife Mary Thatcher. 
They were first cousins. Aaron Thatcher was a 
son of Samuel Thatcher, who emigrated from 
England and settled on an estate of several hun- 
dred acres three miles northwest of Flemington, 
N. J., about 1735. 

Mary Thatcher was a daughter of Jonas That- 
cher, by his wife Sarah Lake, daughter of Thomas 
and Jane Lake. Jonas Thatcher, emigrated 
to America from England, and settled in Bethle- 
hem township — now Franklin — probably in 1735. 

Aaron Thatcher died near Sergeantville, N. J., 
1820. His widow removed to Illinois with her 
son Jonas, and died in Peoria county, that state in 
1860, aged 83 years. 

Child of John and Eliza (Thatcher) Young: 
Mary Hannah Young, born May 31, 184G. 



Ql-T 



INDEX TO NAMES, 



Adams, Ann 

Adams, Elizabeth (Fenwick) 

Adams, Elizabeth 

Adams, Fenwick 

Adams. John 

Adams, Mary 

Adams, Walter 

Alexander, James 

Allen, Ursula 

Allen, Stephen 

Alvater, Joseph 

Alward, Rachel M., 

Alward, Daniel 

Anient, Nannie 

Anient, John R., 

Anderson, Annie 

Anderson, Hannah 

Andrews, Edward 

Antill, Edward 

Apgar, Herbert 

Apgar, John Adam 

Apgar, Sarah Ann 

Applegate, Ann 

Applegate, William 

Ash ton, 

Baily, Anna M., 

Baker, Lyonel 

Ballman, Gershom 

Barber, Mary S., 

Barcalow, Mary 

Barricklo, John R., 

Barricklo, William R., 

Barwis, Col. Thomas 

Basse, Gov. 

Bates, Abigal 

Bates, Jeremiah 

Bates, Joseph 

Bates, Sarah 

Bates, Sarah ( 2 ) 

Bates. William 

Bates, William (2) 

Beegle, Ashton Z., 

Belcher, Jonathan, Esq., 

Berkeley, Eord 

Bernard, Hon. Francis 

Bijigs. Sarah 

Bird, Ann E., 

Bird John 

Bird, Rachel 

Bird, Thomas 

Bishberry, Catharine 

Boone, Ann 

Boone, Daniel 

Boone, George 

Blakely, Benjamin 



34 


Blakely, Charles 


27 


15, 34 


Blakely, Lillie May 


27, 31 


15, 34 


Blakely, Mary Ann 


27 


15, 34 


Bowman, Asa 


28 


15, 34 


Bowman, Hannah E., 


28 


15, 34 


Bowman. Erances 


7, 20 


34 


Bow ne, A dele 


19 


13 


Bowne, Albert K., 


30 


2:',, 24 


Bowne, Amelia 


33 


19 


Bowne, Gov. Andrew 


5, 7, 8, 17 


31 


Bowne, Andrew (s. of James) 


10, 18 


27 


Bowne, Andrew (s. of John) 


10, 24 


27 


Bowne, Andrew (s. of Oba. 2) 


18 


30 


Bowne, Andrew 


20 


30 


Bowne, Andrew (s. of John Esq.) 


17, 21 


27 


Bowne, Ann (the emigrant) 


5, 7 


18, 20 


Bowne, Ann (d. of Obadiah) 


17, 21, 23 


21 


Bowne, Anna (d. of James 3d) 


2:;, 25 


2(1 


Bowne, Anna (d. of Oba. 2d) 


18 


17 


Bowne, Anna (d. of Jos.) 


is 


17 


Bowne, Anna (d. of David) 


18 


17 


Bowne, Anne 


25 


21 


Bowne, Anne (d. of John Esq.) 


26 


21 


Bowne, Anne (d. of Wm.) 


17 


8 


Bowne, Bartolette E., 


11, 27 


:;i 


Bowne, Caroline 


26 


20 


Bowne, Caroline (d. of John ) 


25 


2i ; 


Bowne, Catharine (d. of Cap. Jno. ) 


7 


1!» 


Bowne, Catharine (w. of Ohad.) 


21, 23 


20 


Bowne, Catharine 


25 


25 


Bowne, Catharine (d. of C. H.,) 


17, 29 


21), 25 


Bowne, Catharine (d. of Oba. 2) 


18 


:;i 


Bowne, Catharine (d. of John) 


17, 21, 25 


7 


Bowne. Catharine (d. of Jos.) 


19 


15 


Bowne, Charles C, 


11, 26 


15 


Bowne, Charles H., 


11, 17 


15 


Bowne, Charles Jacob 


33 


14 


Bowne, Charles M., 


29 


15 


Bowne, Charles Wilson 


30 


14, 15 


Bowne, Cornelia 


19 


15 


Bowne, Cornelia (d. of Hon. Jos. G.) 


19 


30 


Bowne, Cornelius 


17 


14 


Bowne, David l ], 


18, 25, 26 


15 


Bowne, David ( s. of Joseph) 


19 


14 


Bowne, David (s. of Deter) 


IS 


27 


Bowne, David J., 


30 


21 i 


Bowne, Deborah 


7 


26 


Bowne, Deborah (d. of Sam '1) 


25 


20 


Bowne, Deliverance 


18 


26 


Bowne, Deliverance (Holmes) 


18 


20, 25 


Bowne, Edith 


23 


22 


Bowne, Edith 


30 


22 


Bowne, Edward 


24 


22 


Bowne, Edward S., • 


30 


27 


Bowne, Eleanor 


25 



38 

Bowne, Eleanor 

Bowne, El ins 

Bowne, Elias 

Bowne. Elias D., 

Bowne, Eliza 

Bowne. Elizabeth I wife of John) 

Bowne, Elizabeth (d. of John) 

Bowne, Elizabeth (d. of John H. ) 

Bowne, Elizabeth 

Bowne, Ella 

Bowne, Elmira 

Bowne, Emanuel K., 

Bowne. Esther 

Bowne, Ethel Middlebrook 

Bowne, Evelyn 

Bowne, Francis 

Bowne, Francis H., 

Bowne, Frederic 

Bowne, George M., 

Bowne, George W., 

Bowne, George Wesley 

Bowne. Gershom 

Bowne, Gershom 

Bowne, Hannah 

Bowne, Hannah (d. of Jos. ) 

Bowne, Hannah (d. of Wm.) 

Bowne, Hannah H., 

Bowne, Henry 

Bowne, Henry G., 

Bowne. Hilda 

Bowne, Hnlda 

Bowne, Isabel 

Bowne, Isabel Marie 

Bowne, James 7, *> 9, 

Bowne. James [s. of James] 

Bowne, James [s. of John] 

Bowne, James [s. of Obadiah] 

Bowne, James [s. of Obadiahs] 

Bowne, .lames [s. of James 2d] 

Bowne, James [s. of Joseph] 

Bowne, James [s. of William] 

Bowne, James <>.. 

Bowne, Jane 

Bowne, Jennie G., 

Bowne, Jeremiah E., 

Bowne, Capt. John 

Bowne, Capt. John 2d 

Bowne, John [s. of James] 

Bowne, John [s. of Obadiah] 

Bowne, John [s. of Thomas] 

Bowne, John [s. of David] 

Bowne, John [s. of William] 

Bowne. John [s. of Samuel] 

Bowne, John Addison 

Bowne, John Deats 

Bowne, John D., [s. of B. E.] 

Bowne. John H., 



10. 



is 
11 
25 
2(1. 11 
25 
99 94 
10 
30 
20 
211, 30 
31 
11, 26 
21, 25 
19 
19 
33 
33 
18 
30 

9" 



29, 



18, 



7, 10, 



11, -zi 
20, 29 
. 21, 23 
20 
20 
19 
22 
11, 27 
20 
26, 30 
IS, 25, 26 
23 
33 
33 
10, 22, 24, 25 
10, 22, 26 
10, 20, 22, 24 
21, 23, 26 
24 
23 
19 
24 
19 
24. 25 
29 
26, 30 
5, 6, 7, 9 
20, 21, 22, 26 
10, 22, 24 
17, 18, 21 
is 
is 
24, 25 
25 
19 
11 
27, 31 
26, 30 



Bowne, John Milton 

Bowne, John R., 

Bowne, Jonathan 

Bowne, Jonathan [s. of Samuel] 

Bowne, Jonathan C, 

Bowne, Joseph [Corp.] H 

Bowne, Joseph 

Bowne, Joseph [s. of Chas. H.] 

Bowne, Joseph [s. of Peter] 

Bowne, Joseph [s. of Samuel] 

Bowne, Joseph [s. of Samuel, Sr.] 

Bowne, Hon. Joseph Gardiner 

Bowne, Joseph [s. of Joseph] 

Bowne, Joseph H., 

Bowne, Joseph Holmes 

Bowne, Katie 

Bowne, Laura May 

Bowne, Leah 

Bowne, Leah [d. of James 3d] 

Bowne, Lemuel A., 

Bowne, Lewis 

Bowne, Lillie 

Bowne, Lillie May 

Bowne, Lydia 

Bowne, Lydia [d. of Joseph] 

Bowne, Lydia [d. of Obadiah 2d.] 

Bowne, Lydia [Holmes] 

Bowne Mabel C, 

Bowne, Mabel H., 

Bowne, Maggie A., 

Bowne, Margaret 

Bowne, Margaret [d. of Joseph] 

Bowne, Margaret G. 

Bowne, Mary 

Bowne, Mary (d. Chas. H.) 

Bowne, Mary (d. of Obadiah) 

Bowne, Mary (d. of Obadiah 2d. ) 

Bowne, Mary 

Bowne, Mary (d. of Wm. Monroe) 

Bowne, Mary Ann 

Bowne, Mary Ann (d. of Obad.) 

Bowne, Mary Ann 

Bowne, Mary B. 

Bowne, Mary E. 

Bowne, Mary Frances 

Bowne, Mary I Lippit) 

Bowne, Mary Lizzie 

Bowne, Matilda 

Bowne, Monroe W. 

Bowne, Nehemiah 

Bowne. Nelson E. 

Bowne, Obadiah 

Bowne, Obadiah (s. of Obad. 1st. ) 

Bowne, Obadiah (s. of Obad. ) 

Bowne, Obadiah is. of Obad. 2d.) 

Bowne, Obadiah (s. of Thomas ) 

Bowne, Obadiah ( s. of James 2d.) 



19 

11, 26 

18 

24 

27 

19, 20, 21 

11, 18, 20 

17 

18 

24 

20, 25 

19 



7. 8, 



26 



26, 



r 



ii, 



24 
30 
19 
30 
30 
23 
23 
30 
is 
33 
30 
26 
18 
25 
7 
29 
30 
29 
26 
24 
29, 33 
11 
11, 17 
17, 25 
18 
21. 23 
33 
11, 27 
21, 23 
25 
19 
29 

:;n 
17 
27, 31 
20 
17, 29 
18 
26, 30 
17, 25, 26 
17, 20, 21 
IS, 26 
IS 
18 
21, 23, 26 



39 



Bowne, Obadiah (s. of Joseph) 

Bowne, Peter (ensign) 

Bowne, Peter 

Bowne, Peter (s. of Andrew) 

Bowne, Peter (s. of David) 

Bowne, Pliebe (Davis) 

Bowne, Philip 

Bowne, Philip (s. of James) 

Bowne, Philip (s. of Obad.) 

Bowne, Philip (s. of Obad. -2d) 

Bowne, Philip (s. of Philip) 

Bowne, Rachel 

Bowne, Rachel (d. of Obad.) 

Bowne, Richard 

Bowne, Robert 

Bowne, Sadie M. 

Bowne, Safety 

Bowne, Samuel (s. of James) 

Bowne, Samuel (s. of John ) 

Bowne. Samuel (in Revo, army 

Bowne, Samuel, Jr. 

Bowne, Samuel (s. of Joseph ) 

Bowne, Samuel (s. of obad. 

Bowne, Samuel (the tailor) 

Bowne, Sarah 

Bowne, Sarah (d. of David ) 

Bowne, Sarah (d. of James) 

Bowne, Sarah (d. of Elias D. ) 

Bowne, Sarah 

Bowne, Sarah (d. of James 3d.) 

Bowne, Sarah A. 

Bowne, Sarah Ann (Apgar) 

Bowne, Sarah Emma 

Bowne, Sophia H. 

Bowne, Thomas 17, 

Bowne, Stewart L. 

Bowne, Thomas (s. of Philip) 

Bowne, Thomas (s. of Win.) 

Bowne, Thomas H. 

Bowne, Thomas H., Jr. 

Bowne, Ursula 

Bowne, William 

Bowne, William (s. of James) 

Bowne, William (s. of James 2d. ) 

Bowne, William (s. of David) 

Bowne, William (s. of Joseph ) 

Bowne, William (of X. Y. ) 

Bowne, William (s. of Samuel) 

Bowne, William (s. of William M.) 

Bowne, William B. 

Bowne, William J. 

Bowne, William L. 

Bowne, William M. 

Bowne, William R. 

Brady, Anne 

Brandon, Mary 

Brandon, Sir Thomas 



19 
11, 19 

11 

18. 21 
11, 18 

20 
7 

23 
21, 23 

18 

23 

23, 25 
24 

24 

2f, 

2!) 

20 

21. 2r, 

10, 24 

11 

20, 2.") 

20, 24 

21 23 24 

24 

7 

18 

23 

26, 30 
20 
23 

•20. 33 
17 

27, 31 
26, 29 

18, 20, 21 
27 
23 
25 

29, 33 

33 

24 

5, 7 

10, 22 

10, 11 
18 
24 
20 

20, 24 
33 

26, 30 
27 

27, 31 
29, 33 

27 31 
30 
12 
12 



Brannon, Andrew 
Bray, Andrew 
Bray, Daniel 
Bray, John 
Bray, Rev. John 
Brewer, Maria 
Bridwell, Frances 
Brokaw, Maria 
Brown, Barbara 
Browne, William 
Bryan, Deborah 
Buckalew, Peter 
Bullen. 
Burns, Mary 
Butcher, Jonathan 
By Hinge, Edward 
Capner, Joseph 
Carman. Deborah 
Carman, Margaret 
Carman, Martha 
Carman, Mary 
Carman, Samuel 
Carr, Sir Robert 
Carroll, John H. 
Carpenter, Elizabeth 
Carteret, Sir George 
Case, Ann 
( !ase, Catharine 
Case, John Philip 
Chambers, Margaret 
Champneys, Edward 
Champneys, John 
Champneys, Mary 
Champneys, Priscilla 
Charles I. 
Charles II. 
Chirbury, John 
Churchill, Arabella 
Churchill, Sir Walter 
Clarke, Walter 
Clement, Mercy 
Collins, Catharine 
Collins, Francis 
Collins, Sarah 
Conover, Amanda 
Conover, Anne Adelia 
Conover, Augustus 
Conover, Augustus, Jr. 
Conover, Charles 
Conover, David 
Conover, George 
Conover, Mary Ellen 
Conover, Patience 
Conover, Samuel 
Conover, William 
Cook, Charles W. 
Cook, Etta 



21 

18 
18 
10 
IS 
29 
32 
27 
30 
21 
30 
26 
8 
27 
26 
15 
17 
24 
21 
16 
16 
16 
5 
31 
20 
7, 15 
35 
35 
35 
31 
34 
34 
34 
34 
5, 12 
5, 6, 12 
12 
12 
12 
6 
15 
15 
14 
15 
27 
32 
27 
27 
27 
32 
27 
27 
20 
27 
27 
31 
31 



40 

Cook, Lawrence C. 
Cook, Stephen ('. 
Cooper, G. Raymond 
Cooper. Isabel 
Cooper, Joseph 
Cooper, Ronald 
Cooper, Thomas 
Cooper, William 
Cooper, William J. 
Corle, Ann 
Corle, Samuel 
Cornbury, Gov. 
Covert, Elizabeth 
Covert, Sir Walter 
Cowderick, Augustus 
Cowderick, Flowreuce M. 
Cowderick, Mary E. 
Cowderick, Maurice 
Crawford, Catharine 
Crawford, Esther 
Crawford, James G., 
Crawford, John 
Crawford, William 
Crawford, William [2] 
Cromwell, <>., 
Cronce, Sarah 

Davis, Nicholas 

Davis, Phebe 

Dayton, Col. 

Deats, Anna 

Deats, Margaret 

Deats, Mary 

Deats. William 

DeBowe, John 

DeBow, Margaret 

DeBowe, Susanna 

Dennis, Joseph 

DeReimer, Abraham 

DeReimer, Catherine 

Dey, Tunis Direckson 

Dietrich, Elizabeth A., 

Dietrich, Jacob 

Dilts, Hannah 

Dilts, Peter 

Dodson, Emly 

Edmonds, Howard 

Edmonds, Lorenzo 

Edmonds, Morris 

Edward 11. 

Edward III. 

Eick, Ann 
Lllis, Jonathan 
Ellis, Joseph 
Lllis, Capt. Joseph 
Ellis, Mary 
Ellis, Rebecca 
Ellis, Sarah 



31 
31 


Ellis Sarah [Bates] 
Ellis, Simeon 


14, 15 
14, 15 


33 


Ellis, Simeon [2d] 


15 


33 


Ellis, William 


15 


33 


Emerich, Barbara E., 


30 


33 


Etherwolf, Earl 


12 


20 


Evans, H. Clay 


10 


33 
33 
19 


Fenwick, Ann 
Fenwick, Elizabeth 
Fenwick, John 


15, 34 

15, 33 

15, 1(5, 33, 34 


19 

8 


Fenwick, Johannes 
Fenwick, Priscilla 


33 

15, 34 


33 
33 


Fenwick, Sir Robert 
Fenwick, Roger Esq., 


3:5 


31 


Fenwick, Sir William 


33 


31 


Fleming, David 


32 


31 


Fleming, Margaret 


32 


31 


Fleming, Violetta 


32 


17, 21 


Fleming, William 


32 


17, 21 
22 


Fisher, Ann Mary 
Fisher, John C, 


19 

10 


17, 21 


Fisher Mary 


18 


17, 26 

17, 21 
34 


Forman, Samuel 
Fox, George 
Foy, Patrick 


21 

22, 34 
20 


11 


Frame, Joshua 


15 


6 


Fraux, 


8 


20, 24 


Fulper, Elizabeth 


28 


16 


Fur man, Amity 


20 


10, 11 


Garrison, Benjamin 


18 


11 


George, Elizabeth 


32 


10 


Gibbons, Richard 


5, 6, 9 


10 


Cildersleave. Elizabeth 


20 


21 


Gill, John 


16 


20, 23 

20, 24 

21 


Gingery, Charles 
Gingery, Henry H., 
Gingery, James Nelson 


30 

30 

30 


19 


Gingery, Roy 


30 


19 


Goddard, Caroline C, 


31 


13 
33 


Goddard, Harmer 

Golding, William 


31 
5, 6, 9, 23 


23 


Goldsmith, George 


14 


35 


Gordon, Thomas 


16 


35 


Grover, James 


<i, 9 


30 


Grover, .lames .Jr., 


17, 21, 25 


32 


Grover, Rebecca [w. of Win. 


Bowne] 22 


32 


Gray, Arthur 


16 


32 


Griffeth, Francis 


28 


12 


Griffeth, George \\\, 


28 


12 


Hacker, Col. 


34 


17 


Hain, Augusta 


33 


1, 15, 16 


Hain, John 


33 


15 


Hamilton, John Esq., 


7, 12 13 


16 
15 


Hampton, John 
Hanks, Anne [Nancy] 


31 
22 


4, 16, 33 


Hanks. Col. 


34 


15 


Hartpence, .Susan D., 


26 



41 



Hartshorne, Catharine 




23 


Hartshorne, Elizabeth 




22 


Hartshorne, Elizabeth 0., 


ID, 20, 22. 




1 [artshorne, Ezekiel 




23 


Hartshorne, Hugh 




23 


Hartshorne, Margaret 


22 


, 23 


Hartshorne, Margaret [2] 




23 


Hartshorne, Richard 


22. 23. 


25 


Hartshorne, Robert 


21, 


23 


Hartshorne, Thomas 




21 


Hartshorne, William 




23 


Hawk, Margaret 




30 


Hayes, Sarah Jane 




19 


Hedge, Samuel 


15, 


34 


Hedge, Fen wick 




34 


Hedj^e, John 




34 


Hedge, Nathan 




34 


Hedge, Samuel 


15, 


34 


Hedge, Samuel Jr., 




34 


Hedge, William 




34 


Hendrickson, Daniel 




20 


Hendrickson, William 




21 


Henry VIII. 




12 


Herndon, Amelia 




32 


Herndon, Francis Marion 




32 


Herndon, George 




32 


Herndon, Jeremiah 




32 


Herndon, Susan 




32 


Herndon, William 




32 


Hendershot, Catharine 




32 


Hill, Frances 




16 


Hill, Isaac 


16, 


17 


Hill, James 




Hi 


Hill, Jonathan 




16 


Hill, Jonathan [2] 


16, 


17 


Hill, Joseph 




16 


Hill, Martha 


16, 


17 


Hill, Martha [Carman] 




17 


Hill. Mary 




l(i 


Hill, Richard 




16 


Hill, Samuel 




16 


Hill, Samuel [2] 




16 


Hill, Sarah 




16 


Hill, William 




16 


Hinchman, Mary 




16 


Hoff, Charity 




20 


Hoff, Clara May 




32 


Hoff, William Hall 




32 


Holbert, James 




5 


Holcombe, Anna 




30 


Holeombe, Amos 




29 


Holcombe, Charles B., 




29 


Holcombe, Ida S., 




19 


Holcombe, Lewis 




29 


Holcombe, Mary A., 




29 


Holcombe, Reading 




30 


Holcombe, Stella M., 




29 



Hollingshead, John 

Hollingshead, Mary 

Hollingshead, William 

Holloway, Rebecca Ann 

Holmes, Deliverence 

Holmes, Jonathan 

Holmes, Lydia 

Holmes. Obadiah [Judge] 

Holmes, Rev. < (badiah 

Hoof man, Angie 

Hoppock, Elizabeth 

Hoppock, Henry 

Hoppock, Margaret M., 

Howard, John 

Hubbard, James 

Huffman, Theodore P., 

Hugg, Margaret 

Hultz, Albert R.. 

Hultz, Charles E., 

Hultz, John G., 

Hultz, J. William 

Hultz, Laura E. B., 

Hunt, Harriet P., 

Hunt, Peter 

Hunt, Wilson 

Hunter, Gov., 

James, Duke of York 

Jones, Robert 

Johnson. Mathias 

Johnson, Sadie 

Kerr, Andrew I!.. 

Kerr, Barbara 

Kerr, David 

Kerr, John 

Kelly, Rose 

King, Anne Elizabeth 

King, Robert E., 

Kirkpatrick, Sarah 

Kitch, Fiances 

Kitch, David 

Lair, Anna Augusta 

Lair, Garret 

Lake, Jane 

Lake, Sarah 

Lake, Thomas 

La Rue, Jane 

Lay ton, Mary 

Lee, Eliza 

Lee, Hannah M., 

Lee, William T., 

Leeds, Daniel 

Lincoln, Abraham 

Lincoln, Abraham [Pres. Y . S.] 

Lincoln, Anne 

Lincoln, Hannah [Salter] 

Lincoln, Mary 

Lincoln, Mordecai 



14, 



15 
15 
15 

33 

18 
9 

7 
7 



26 

26 

26 

20 

(> 

19 

14 

31 

31 

31 

31 

31 

30 

20 

30 

13 

5, 6 

22 

20 

32 

30 

30 

30 

30 

29 

29 

29 

19 

30 

30 

31 

31 

35 

::;. 

35 

31 

20, 25 

32 

30 

3(1 

14 

22 

22 

22 

22 

22 

22 



Lincoln, Samuel [emigrant] 
Lincoln, Thomas 
Lippit, Mary 
Livingston, Col. 
Lock, Catharine [Bowne] 
Lock, Charles 
Lock, Charles [2] 
Lock. Josephene 
Longfield, Elizabeth 
Lnrtin, Thomas 
McClary, Charlotte 
Mc< 'lease, John 
McGrandy, Catharine 
McGrandy, Nelson 
McGrandy, Robert 
McPherson, Eliza 
Marshall, Susan 
Mason. Maria 
Mattison, Joseph 
Middlebrook, Caroline Crane 
Middlebrook, Stephen Allen 
Miller, Henry 
Miller, Mary 
Mitchell, Jacamiah 
Mitchell, Sarah 
Montgomery, William 
Moore, Mary 
Morford, Thomas 

Morgan, Charles 

Morgan, James 

Morris, Adeline 

Morris, Charles 

Morris, Gov. Lewis 

Moss, Jane 

Mott, Deborah [Bowne] 

Mott, Gershom 

Mott, James 

Mott, John 

Moxden, Phebe 

Newbold, Barzillia 

N e wl >old , Margaret 

Newbold, Sarah 

Newby, Mark 

Nicolls, Col. Richard 

Nicolls, Mary 

( >gdeil, Col. 

Opdycke, Rachel 
Oswald, Col. 
Patterson. Andrew 
Patterson, Austin 1L„ 
Patterson, Edward 
Patterson, Edward [Lieut. [ 
Patterson, Faith 
Patterson, Hon. George W., 
Patterson, James 
Patterson, John 
Patterson, John C. 



21, 22 
20 
22 

20 
20 
22 

'20 
14 

:,, ii 

IS, 25, 26 
10 

:;i 

lit 



22 Patterson, Capt. John C, 

22 Patterson, Joseph 

17 Patterson, Capt. Thomas 

10 Paul, James 

17 Penn, William 

17 Phayor, Lien. Col. 

17 Pike, 

17 Pi 1 gee, Mary 

17 Pittenger, Hannah 
14 Polhemus, Cornelius 

26 Potts, Belle 

25 Potts, Elijah 
29 Poppomora, 
29 Queen, Anne 

29 Rain ear, Cora Amelia 

30 Rainear, Lewis B., 

27 Rainear, William 11., 

28 Rapalie, Ann 

26 Rapalie, Joris Jansen 
19 Reading, Amanda 

19 Reading, Amos T., 

18 Reading, Anderson B., 

27 Reading, Ann 

20 Reading, Anna 

20 Reading, Anna Amelia 
16 Reading, Anna B., 

26 Reading, Anne 
25 Reading, Anne [d. of Gideon] 
5 Reading, Anne [Bowne] 

21 Reading, Anne J., 
:;:; Reading, Anne Jane 

33 Reading, Arabella [Churchill] 

13 Reading, Asa P... 

33 Reading, Cornelia P.., 

22 Reading, Cornelius L., 
■>•?. Reading, Daniel 

Reading, Deborah 

Reading, Dorothy 

Reading, Edward Allen 

Reading, Elizabeth 

Reading, Elizabeth [d. of Gov. John] 

Reading, Elizabeth [d. of Capt. Tom.] 

Reading, Ella M., 

Reading, Ellis 

Reading, Elsie 

Reading, Emeline 

heading, Ena May 

Reading, Ethel 
25 Reading. Fannie L., 
25 Reading, Francis 
25 Reading, Francis [s. of John P..] 
25 Reading, George 
25 Reading, George 
25 Reading, George F., 
25 Reading, Gideon E., 
25 Reading, Hannah E., 
25 Reading, Harry 



28, 



25 
25 

20, 21 
14 
34 

8 

18 
17 
30 
30 
r> 

8, 12 

31 

31 

31 

13 

13 

17, 27 

28, 32 

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14 

17 

32 

28 

17 

28 

17 

28 

28, 32 

12 

28, 32 
28 

29, 32 
14 
16 
32 
28 

12, 13 
14 
16 
32 
lfi 
13 
28 
32 
28 
28 
17 
32 
14 
16 
28 
28 
:2S 

32 



28, 



43 



Reading, Henry 




27 


Reading, Henry F., 




32 


Reading, Henry S., 


17, 


28 


Reading, Howard Carroll 




32 


Reading, Ida 




28 


Reading, James 




16 


Reading, John Esq., 




12 


Reading, John [s. of John] 




12 


Reading, Rev. Dr. John 




12 


Reading, Col. John 


12, 


13 


Reading, Gov. John 


13, 


14 


Reading, John [s. of Gov. John] 




14 


Reading, John B., 


n, 


28 


Reading, John W., 


28, 


32 


Reading, John William 




28 


Reading, John V., 


29, 


32 


Reading, Joseph Esq., 




14 


Reading, Capt. Joseph 


16, 


17 


Reading, Joseph [s. of Francis] 




17 


Reading, Kate 




-.'7 


Reading, Kiziah (J.. 




28 


Reading. Lambert 




28 


Reading, Leona 




32 


Reading, Leroy 




32 


Reading. Leslie M., 




32 


Reading, Lily 




27 


Reading, Lizzie M., 




28 


Reading, Lloyd F. 




32 


Reading, Mabel 




32 


Reading, Mabel C, 




28 


Reading, Martha 


17, 


28 


Reading, Mary 




14 


Reading, Mary [d. of Thomas] 




16 


Reading, Mary Alice 




32 


Reading, Mary Ellen 


28, 


32 


Reading, Mary R., 




32 


Reading, Mary [Ryerson] 




14 


Reading, Mildred 




32 


Reading, Miller K., M. I)., 10, IT, 


28 


Reading, Miller K., Jr., 




32 


Reading, Minnie 




28 


Reading, Maud C, 




28 


Reading, Nathaniel Esq., 




12 


Reading, Oscar F., 


17, 


28 


Reading, Pearl 




32 


Reading, Rebecca 




32 


Reading, Rebecca [Ellis] 




1(> 


Reading, Rebecca C, 




28 


Reading, Richard 




12 


Reading, Richard [s. of Gov.] 




14 


Reading, Robert [Rev.] 




12 


Leading, Robert [Lord] 




12 


Reading, Samuel 




14 


Reading, Sarah 




14 


Reading, Sarah [d. of Capt. Thomas] 




16 


Reading, Thomas 




12 


Reading, Capt. Thomas 14, 16, 


33 



Reading, Thomas [s. of Capt. T.] 

Reading, Thomas W., 

Reading, William [sheriff] 

Reading, William [s. of John] 

Reading, William [s. of Francis] 

Reape, William 

Reed, Joseph 

Reid, Anna 

Reid, Catharine 

Reid, Helena 

Reid, Col. John 

Rhine, Edith Isabel 

Rhine, William 

Richardson. Richard 

Rockafellovv, Daniel 

Rockafellow, Susanna 

Rodenbough, Catharine 

Rue, Priscilla V., 

Rupell, Phebe A., 

Ryerson, Abraham 

Ryerson, Ann 

Ryerson, Bland ina 

Ryerson, Elizabeth 

Ryerson, Francis 

Ryerson, Geo. Esq., 

\l\ erson, Geogre [2] 

Ryerson, John 

Ryerson, Luke 

Ryerson, Martin 

Ryerson, Martin [2] 

Ryerson, Mary 

Ryerson, Ryer 
Salter, Asher 
Salter, Benjamin 
Salter, Clarkson H.. 
Salter, George R., 
Salter, Hannah 
Salter, John 
Salter, John 
Salter, John B., 
Salter, Lillie M., 
Salter, Mildred L., 
Salter, Raymond 
Salter, Richard 
Salter, Sarah 
Salter, Thomas 
Salter, William A., 
Salter, William L., 
Sands, Mary 
Schenck, Garratt 
Schenck, Sarah 
Schout, Anna 
Seabrook, Anna 
Seals, Sarah C, 
Sellers, Josephene 
Shampanore, Andrew J., 
Shampanore, Andrew L., 



16 

17 
12 
12 

27 

9, 

10 

IS, 20 

32 



1 



6, 



18. 



26, 



21, 



27, 



20, 



20 
18 
32 
32 
9 
30 
30 
32 
31 
32 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
27 
30 
30 
30 
22 
27 
27 
30 
30 
31 
30 
22 
22 
21 
31 
31 
18 
20 
25 
13 
18 
30 
33 
31 
31 



44 



Shampanore, Dora L., 


31 


Shampanore, Edward R.„ 


31 


Shampanore, George F ., 


31 


Shampanore, Henry [Bowne] 


31 


Sharp, Thomas 


14, lf> 


Shrope, Charles W., 


32 


Shrope, Eva 


32 


Shrope, Phebe A., 


32 


Shrope, Robert E., 


32 


Shrope, Sylvester V.. 


32 


Skelton, 


8 


Skillman, Cornelia Mavia 


19 


Si i jih t, Joseph 


14 


Smith, Andrew 


26 


Smith, Asher 


26 


Smith, Edward 


9 


Smith Jasper 


16 


Smith, Lawrence 


20 


Smith. Mary Ann 


26 


Spicer, Mary 


15 


Spicer, Samuel 


5, 6 


Steelman, [Lieut..] 


24 


Stillwell, John 


21 


Stillwell, Mary [Bowne] 


25, 26 


Stillwell, J)r. Richard 


25, 26 


Stire, Ann Elizabeth 


31 


Stockton, Samuel 


34 


Stoker, Mary 


20 


Stout, Alice 


s 


stout, Benjamin 


s 


Stout, David 


8 


Stout, James 


s 


Stout, John 


8 


Stout, Jonathan 


8 


Stout, Mary 


8 


Stout, Penelope 


8 


Stout, Peter 


8 


Stout, Richard 


5, 6, S, 9 


Stout, Richard [2] 


8 


Stout, Sarah 


s 


Stryker, Adj. Gen. W. S. . 


11 


Stuyvesant, Gov. 


5 


Swa/.y, Elizabeth 


26 


Swyn, 


12 


Sylvester, Nathaniel 


6 


Tart, Edward 


8 


Taylor, Mary 


20, 23 


Thackara, Thomas 


14 


Thatcher, Eliza 


28, ;;.-) 


Thatcher, Aaron 


:;.-, 


Thatcher, Jonas 


35 


Thatcher,. Mary 


:;.-» 


Thatcher, Samuel 


:;r, 


Thomas, Amanda 


27 


Thomas, Jacob 


•-'7 


Thomasse, Lawrenc* 


20 


Throckmorton, John. 


B. !) 



Throp, Ad.lie M. 
Tiger, Amanda 
Tiger, Christopher 
Tiger, Jacob 
Tilton, John Jr. 
Tilton, Patience 
Tilton, Peter 
Tisue, Conestina 
Toner, Isabella 
Toner, Owen 
Totinan, John 
Townsend, Sarah 
Townsend, William B. 
Trico, Catalina 
Trico, Jeromynus 
T ration!, Thomas 
Trout, Sarah 
Turner, Robert 
Van Brackle, John 
Van Deripe, Mary Ellen 
Vandervere, John 
Van Dyck, Elizabeth 
Van Princes, Penelope 
Van Zant, John 
Van Zant, William 
Varnum, Col. 
Vanghan, Elizabeth 
Wall, John 
Walling, Mary E. 
Webester, Sarah 
Weiss, Jonas 
Welch, Mary 
Wenzel, Anne 
Wenzel, Etta 
Wenzel, John 
Wenzel, Mary E. 
Wenzel, William 
West, Eliza 
West, Sarah 
Whitlock, Thomas- 
Willetts, Townsend 
Willever, Eliza Z. 
Willever, Mary L. 
Willever, Henry .1. 
Williams, Thomas 
Williamson, Elizabeth 
Williamson, Ira 
Wilson, Sarah 
Wine, Alice 
Wine, William 
Winter, Andrew 
Winter, Andrew [2] 
Winter, Ann 
Winter, Catharine 
Winter, James 
Winter, Rachel 
Winter, < (badiah 





19 




27 




27 




27 




6 




21 




9 




33 




29 




29 




f> 




28 




28 




13 




13 




14 




16 


14 


15 


is 


20 




32 




21 




20 




8 




30 




30 




10 




28 


22 


25 




30 




31 




33 




17 


27 


31 


27 


31 


27 


31 




27 




3,0 




32 




5 




20 




29 




31 




31 




22 




28 




28 


20 


23 




32 




32 


21 


24 


21 


24 


21 


24 


21 


24 


21 


24 


21 


24 


21 


24 



L.oFC. 



Wolverton, Elizabeth 
Wolverton, Sarah E. 
Wbthly, John 
Young, Abraham 
Young, Adam 
Young, Eugene 
Young, Francis 
Young, Frederick 
Young, Gertrude 
Young, Jacob 
Young, John 
Young, John W. 
Young, Henry 
Young, Mary II. 
Young, Rutsen 





27 


Young, Catharine 




30 


Young, David 




25 


Young, Eliza [Thatcher] 




28 


Young, Elizabeth 


28, 


35 


Young, Johnnes 




28 


Young, Josiah 




28 


Young, Margaret 




28 


Young, Margaritie 




28 


Young, Mecheld 


28, 


35 


Young, Peter D., 


28, 


35 


Young, Sarah 




28 


Zane, Robert 




28 


Zinc, Caroline 


28, 


35 

28 


Zoueh, Lord I'M ward 



45 

35 
35 
35 
35 
34 
35 
35 

34 

::i 
35 
35 
14 
29 
12 



INDEX TO PLACES. 



Alien, Va. 

Albany, X. Y., 

Am boy, N. J., 

America, (!, 7, 26, 29, 

Amsterdam, Holland, 

Ainwell, [Township] N. J., 

Ashdown, England, 

Baptisttown, N. J., 

Barnegat, N. J., 

Beargrass Fort, Ky., 

Bergen Co., N. J., 

Berks Co., England, 

Bethlehem [township,] X. J. 

Bordentown, X. J., 

Bowne Station, X. J., 

Brooklyn, X. Y., 

Bruchkobel, Germany, 

Buccleugh, Eng., 

Buckingham Meeting, 

Buckinghamshire, England, 

Bucks Co. , Pa., 

Burlington, X. J., 

Burlington, Co., N. J., 

Bustleton, X. J., 

Camden [County,] X. J., 

Canterbury, England , 

Cape May Co., X. J., 

Carlisle, England, 

Castle Valley, Pa., 

Cherry ville, X. J., 

Chester Co., Pa., 

Chester Meeting, 

Cohancey, X. J., 

College of Physicians and Surgeons, 

Cokesburg, X. J., 

Cooper's Creek, X. J., 

Copper Hill, X. J., 



8, 



9, 



10, 29, 32, :!."» Crosswicks, X. .1., 

(i Croton, X. J., 

18, 25 Croyen, England, 

51, 34, :">.") Cumberland, England, 

8, 13 Cumberland Co., X. J., 

12, 14, 10. 35 Delaware Township, X. 

12 Denmark, 
29 Dover, England, 
23 Dover Castle, England, 

22 Dublin, Ireland, 

13 Durham, 
12, 15 East Xew Jersey, 

:'„"> Elizabeth, X. J., 

:;i Ellisburg, X. J., 

20 England, 5, (i, 7, 

13 Essex Co., Mass., 
27 Europe, 
:::; Ewing, X. J., 
P5 Exter, Pa., 
12 Fenwick Grove, X. J., 

13, 16, 17, 20 Flemington, X. J., 10, 11, 10, 
12, 15 Flemington Baptist Church, 

15, 20, 23 Fort James, 

23 Fort Orange, X. Y., 
14, 15 Fox Hill, X. J., 

1 •.' France, 

10 Franklin Township, X. J., 

34 Freehold, X. J., 

17, 29 Gravesend, L. I., 

11, 26, 27 Grays Inn, England, 

22 Germany, 

15 Gloucester, X. J., 

7 Gloucester Co., X. J., 

29 Haddonrield, X. J., 

27 Hamilton Square, X. J., 

14 Hertfordshire, 
32 Heatherne, England, 



10 
11 
12 
33 
10 
30 
12 
12 
12 
14, 15 
34 
7, 9, 1H 
27, 31 
14, 15 
11, 14, 31, 33, 35 
5 
13 
10 
22 
34 
17, 27, 28, 32, 35 
11, 27, 32 

13 
27 
G, 13 
7 
18 19 22 25 
5, 6 
34 
27 
12, 13 
12, 15 
14, 15, 16 
11 
11 
22 



40 

Hereford Co., England, 

Highlands, 

Hingham, Mass., 

Hingham, England, 

High Bridge, N. J., 

Holland, 

Holmdel, N. J., 

Holraesburg, Pa., 

Holy Island Castle, England, 

Hopewell, X. J., 

Hop River, N. J., 

Horsely, England, 

Hortensia, X. J., 

Howell Township, 

Hunterdon Co. X. J 

97 



28, 



11, 13, Hi, 
29, 30, 31, 



Illinois. 
Iowa, 

Irdington, England. 
Ireland, 

Ivy Point, X. J., 
Jeffries Creek, .Mass., 
Jersey City, X. J., 
Lambertsville, X. J., 
Lancashire, England, 
Leicestershire, England, 
Lonibardy, Italy, 
London, England, 
Long Branch, X. J., 
Long Island, X. Y., 
Louisville, Ky., 
Lower Freehold, X. J., 
Massachusetts, 
Mettler's Mills, X. J., 
Middlesex Co., X. J., 
Middletown, X. J., 5. 

22, :»:;, 24, 25, 26 
Monmouth, X. J., 
Monmouth Co., X. J., 

is, 20, 21, 23, 25 
Montrose, Pa., 
Morris Co., X. J., 
Mount Am well, X. J., 
Neuwied, Germany, 
Neshanic Creek, N. J., 
Newark, X. J., 
New Amsterdam, X. V., 
Xew Castle Castle, England, 
New England, 
New Hope Baptist Church, 
New Jersey, 5, 7, 10, 11 

2(1, 30, 31, 32, :>>:', 
New Netherlands, 
Newport, R. I., 
Xewton Township, X. J , 
New York, 
New York City, I 



12 

23 

22 

22 

31 

13, 27 

17, 21 

31 

34 

12 

s 

33 

18 

25 

17, 20, 26, 
35 

20, 30, 35 

30 

33 

0, 20, 30 

34 

5 

30 

27 

7 

22 

17 

11, 12, 34 

5, G 

22 

1H, 21, 25 

7, 8, 13 

17 



18, 20, 21, 

22, 2G 
10, 11, 17, 

28 
16 
13 

27, 34, 35 

10 

1!) 

(i, 8, 13 

5, a 

32 

12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 



7. 8, 0, 10, 



', <i, 7, 8, 









6, 


13 










7 








14, 


15 


7, 8, 


% 


10, 


13, 


20 


10, 


13, 


17, 


19, 


28 



Ni.ldry Castle, Scotland, 

Xorfolk Co., England, 

Xorthumberland, England, 

Nottinghamshire, England, 

Ocean Co., X. J., 

Ohlman, 111., 

Oyster Kay, L. I., 

Paris, France, 

Pennsylvania, 

Peoria, 111., 

Perth Amboy, X. J., 

Pequanock, X. J., 

Philadelphia, Pa., 

Portland Point, N. J., 

Prallville, N. J., 

Preston, England, 

Princeton College, X T . J., 

Prince William Co., Va., 

Quakertown, X. J., 

Quebec, Canada, 

Reading, England, 

Reading Mills, X. J., 

Rehoboth, 

Remish, Prussia, 

Rhode Island, 

Ringoes, N. J., 

Rochelle, France, 

Rosamond, 111., 

Salem, Mass., 

Salem, N. J., 

Salem Co., N. J., 

Sandy Hook, 

Sandy Point, 

Sandy Ridge, X. J., 

Saxontown, Germany, 

Schooley's Mountain, N. J., 

Scotland, 

Sergeantsville, X. J., 

Sheffield, England, 

Shrewsbury, X. J., 

Somerset Co., N. J,, 

Sonierville, N. J., 

South Amboy, X. J., 

Springfield, Pa., 

Springfield, Ky., 

Stanf ordham, 

Stanton Hall, England, 

Stanton Manor, England, 

Stover's Mill, 

Suffolk Co., England, 

Sussex, England, 

Sussex Co., X. J., 

Syracuse, X. V., 

Telford, Pa., 

Tcnnent, X. J., 

Tewkesbury Township, X. J., 

Thornsbury, England, 



17 

22 

3:5, 34 

8 

6 

26 

22 

13 

22 

35 

(», 7, 20 

13 

11 17 22 29 3:; 

7, 9, 22, 25 

19 

7 

19 

29, 32 

17, 32 

16 

12, 15, 34 

17 

7 

27 

13 

35 

13 

26 

5, 7 

15, 16 

33 

8 

6 

26 

33 

27 

30 

34 

23 

9 

13 

34 

21 

22 

22 

33 

33 

33 

17 

12 

:v.i 

16 

29 
33 
19 

27 
34 



6, 16, 26, 
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Trenton, N. J., 
Unionville, N. J., 
University of Cambridge, 
Valley View Chinch. Va., 
Virginia, 

Waddington, England, 
Wallabout, L. I., 
Walnut Grove, 
Warren Co., N. J., 
Warwickshire, England. 



6, 8, 10, 11, 26, 27, 30, 



13, 14, 



31 Washington Co., Ky., 

28 Washington, D. C, 

12 Westfiehl. X. J., 

32 Westmoreland, England, 

32 West New Jersey, 

33 White Hall, N. J., 

13 Whitehorse, England, 
16 Wickloe, Ireland, 

29 Wolfenbuttel, Germany, 
Yorkshire, England, 



22 
10 

17, 18, 26 
34 

13, 14, 15 
31 
12 
14 
27 
5, 16, 23 



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